Breakfast this morning was tasty but the best thing about the meal was the view!
The other nice thing about the morning was a hot shower. We had no hot water last night at all in our room or Simon’s which was a bit of a worry. Fortunately we could catch up on our hot showers this morning. We set out and drove only a short distance to our first stop, the Stokksnes Peninsula, with yet another black sand beach and Vetsurhorn mountain as a backdrop. On the way there we stopped to look back at Vatnajokul Glacier for the last time, reflected in the shallow waters of the beach.
At the end of the road at Stokksnes is the Viking cafe which is on private land owned by a local farmer. We climbed the hill to see the viking statue and to see ( at a distance) the movie set for a Viking movie that may ( or may not) be produced here in the future.
Neil doing his Viking growl
We spent a lot of time on the beach taking photos and then watching Neil’s drone fly to the heights and along the shoreline. There should be some awesome footage coming from that soon!
Down the road a little further we stopped at the Hvalnes Lighthouse with its views down across the Hvalnes Nature Sanctuary and up to the peaks behind it.
From here we wound along the shoreline driving along the jagged coast which is dotted with fjords. Along the way we stopped at a bizarre sight, a bright re chair bolted to a rock in the middle of nowhere!
We stopped for lunch at the Lambus cafe in Djupivogur, tasty goulash soup and bread. Langabúð, the oldest house in Djúpivogur was originally built in 1790, has been renovated and now serves as a cultural centre and cafe. Down on the harbour here there was an unusual artwork – Eggin í Gleðivík, by the Icelandic artist Sigurður Guðmundsson, consisting of 34 eggs representing birds who nest in Iceland. each egg was shiny and smooth marble.
We continued on the road, enjoying the views across each fjord of the high peaks towering over small farmhouses. Eventually we turned inland and passed through a six kilometer tunnel.
The weather closed in as we approached Seydisfjorder, our home base for the night and we didn’t get to see the spectacular view down into the town from the high peaks. It was very cold and wet when we arrived at the “Old School House” which has been converted into 2 apartments. We’d picked up pizzas and nibles for dinner and settled in to enjoy them, it’s cozier to stay indoors tonight. Hopefully it will be drier in the monring!
