RDU

Erpsstaðir Creamery

Homemade skyr, cheeses, ice cream, and we met the cows and saw other sights and sites along the way.
Árblik Community Center

Lunch of meat soup and fresh bread, pancakes (like crêpes) with sugar, and coffee. Charming gift shop with items made my nursing home residents.
Arctic Fox Center

City pup met Arctic fox who was rescued! The fox is the only native land animal in Iceland!
Hotel Ísafjörður

View from my room and a pic from town. We walked to Siver Kebab for falafel and schwarma.
University Centre of the Westfjords

Learned about community development, energy transitions, quality of life, place attachment in avalanche-risk small and remote communities, justice and equity- small scale fisheries, environmentalMeer informatie
Isfjördur Primary School

Hvers Museum - Hversdagssafn

Museum of Everyday Life
tjöruhúsið restaurant

Bolafjall

Trip on the bus up a mountain for some spectacular views!
Vigur Island

Inhabited by a family 3 people who protect and make their living in this sanctuary with eider (ducks), arctic terns, puffins, and others.
Whales!

Just off the side of our boat between destinations- totally unplanned and unexpected. The captain said there were around 15! Video is mine, photos by Anne Schaefer!
Hornstrandir Nature Reserve

Hesteyri abandoned village, more wildlife and folklore, dinner and music at the “old doctor’s house.”
Dynjandi Waterfall

Vegamót Restaurant

Látrabjarg

Largest bird cliff in Europe, westernmost point in Iceland, home to puffins, northern gannets, guillemots, and razorbills- 40% of the WORLD’s population of some species!
Raudisandur

Stykkishólmur

Cool stop at a lava field. Another village walkabout, happy hot and dinner at Narfeyrarstofa Restaurant.
Kirkjufellsfoss

Church Mountain too
Ludvik Karlsson Liston

Brilliant artist- every piece tells a story.
Grundarfjörður

Newest technology in fish processing, harbor, charming fishing village. We met the pastor of the Lutheran church.
Sönghellir

Amazing acoustics and views!
Djúpalónssandur

Hellnar

Nature walk- not as flat and even terrain as advertised, but spectacular! Walked all the way back to the hotel for lovely seafood soup. 4.2 miles today!
Lýsuhólslaug

Geothermal algae pools, so no pictures of us, only one from the website. Lucky you! Drawing by Anya Rose
ReizigerThe look on your faces yesterday. The attitudes you were both carrying about your upcoming journey. It all reminded me of the Talking Heads. “And you may find yourself in another part of the world… And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, well how did I get here?” You are both living proof that life is so wonderfully unpredictable.