Isafjordur

Pulled up in Isafjordur, a town of about 4,000 on the western fiords. We went on an excursion, which was good enough without being highly enriching. The town itself was pretty sleepy.
One thing of interest is where they used to source wood once they had chopped everything down on Iceland. Logs from Siberia landed as driftwood on the north coast.
The Icelandic cuisine seems to be more like comfort food than high cuisine. Lamb or fish soup is readily available, and you can find a fish stew. We didn't though try specialty restaurants, which were a bit up market. Traditionally, there were not a lot of vegetables because they didn't have many. Now, they are grown in hothouses powered by heat from the ground. Like most places, burgers are everywhere. No McDonalds or Starbucks. The coffee is fair to ok.Read more