The ring road is broken!!!!
I found out this morning in Myvatin (about ¾ of the way around the ring
road from Keflavik) that one section would not be repaired until at least Friday due to a flood that washed away the bridge! Okay.
So I began my journey after spending a night in Myvatin and going to
their version of the blue lagoon (blue, hot, not nearly as crowded, not as
expensive and smells like the devil himself belched sulfur). I can still smell it! The campground was really nice and had a cappuccino
machine for cheap, so I was okay with it.
Left there at 8:30 and here I am in Selfoss in the South of
Iceland. I had to stop myself from
stopping at every beautiful landscape so that I would get here before
dark. I did, however, make one stop to walk up approximately 700 stairs to see a caldera (actually two calderas). Turns out the island is not that
big and I made it in plenty of time to walk into town, meet some people and
take some photos. I saw some socks in a
window of a shop and went in to inquire as to their cost. Turns out they do not sell them. They will sell you a pattern on how to make
them and sell you yarn. The only things
they had for sale were from India and Nepal!! Hmmm. Since I bought a bottle of wine (the liquor
store was hidden behind an apothecary (drug store) and had I not met some
people from Pittsburgh, I might never have found it. Anyway, since I bought a bottle of wine and
didn’t have a corkscrew, I was in a dilemma.
While walking, I found a second hand store and inquired if they had a
corkscrew. They didn’t know what the
thing I bought (for less than a dollar) was.
I, being a wine connoisseur, figured it out right away and showed
them. They, not being winos, smiled and
still sold it to me for 50 kr. Hope I
can get it on the plane! Here's some photos.
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| Gravel Road Sheep Face-Off |
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| Village on a Fjord |
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| More Icelandic Horses |
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| Game of Thrones??? |
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| Fog Moving In - I Later Drove Through This Fog!!! |
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| Godafoss Waterfall |
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| Smelly Hot Springs |
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| Lake Myvatin at Sunset |
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| Caldera 1 |
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| Caldera 2 |
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The Amazing Corkscrew
Wine Glass |
Leave it to you to find a corkscrew and glass in one. Love it. Wish I was there!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're having a good time. Will you post some pictures of your camper?
ReplyDeletePost the darn camper!! ;) that corkscrew wine glass is pretty clever, definitely right up your alley ha! The rest of the photos are so beautiful, they look like something from a fairytale. What a magical place. I want those steps here in Sonoma County! Love you
ReplyDeleteOh and make some rock people for the property!! So silly :)
ReplyDeleteI like the rock people! And smelly hot springs and where's the camper?
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