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abril - mayo 2023
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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 11

    Hofsos

    9 de mayo de 2023, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    Hofsos, a small village on the north west side of Iceland. Anchored further offshore than previous stops so the tender boats ran a shuttle service between the ship and harbour. The tide was going out, when we arrived so used the old tyre fixed to the harbour wall to jump off. The sea level had dropped another couple of feet on return so more of a jump and trusting the crew in the boat to prevent an inadvertent swim. The village is the location of the Iceland Emigration Museum, Three converted old buildings, 2 at harbour side and 1 in the village by the river. These buildings were packed with pictures and stories of some of the 20,000 Icelanders who emigrated to Canada, America and Brazil ( Brazil was a surprise, but Brazilian Government offered to pay the passage for the initial group and send a ship for the others. The main areas of settlement were Montana {US) and NewIceland (Canada) which although further south than their Icelandic homes the conditions for farming were significantly harder than their Iceland homes with its “island” weather. we walked further into the village and along the coast as far as the swimming pool where a few villagers were enjoying the 80 F temperature in the geothermal pools. Rain in the morning when cruising but drier weather on land. The moisture in the wind made it feel colder.Leer más

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    Día 12

    Patreksfjordur

    10 de mayo de 2023, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Still north West Iceland on our circum navigation. Now at the small town of Patresfjourdur. In the picture is the Fram another (older) Hurtigruten expedition ship on its way eastward around Iceland. Moored just offshore, we will be catching the tender to the harbour for a walking tour around the town. Took the tender around 16:00 for our allocated group but found we were joining the German speakers! We tagged onto the English group…..The guide was a young Icelander, whose normal occupation was fishing, but moonlighted as a tour guide and had developed a very amusing spiel which entertained us on the walk. We saw a fishing trawler that had just arrived and was unloading its catch. We were shown and tried identify the fish in their catch. Not sure if it is just an Iceland thing but they refer to cod as the devil’s fish due to the line along its flanks. Looking up we could see the walls built to protect the town after avalanches and “snow angels” erected at the top of the cliffs to break up the snow. When the official tour finished we walked further along the coast to the church and hospital, swimming and sports centre ( all new) before returning to the dock to catch the tender back to the ship.Leer más

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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 13

    Snaefellsnes

    11 de mayo de 2023, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    The Snaefellsnes highlights for today. Arrived in port after 07:00 and had to be on a tender at 08:00 for the tour start on the pier at 08:30. The trip is around the peninsula on the coastal road, north to south then over one of the mountain passes for the return to the harbour. Weather started ok, but slowly deteriorated with a showery cold damp wind increasing throughout the morning. The trip took us through 3 coastal villages still allowed to fish.The peninsula is a volcanic area and most of the journey was through lava fields and s mountains carved when the glaciers retreated after the last ice age. The first stop was at a beach of small black stones created from lava rock. Then into the nature reserve stopping at the Malariff information centre and lighthouse. Next to the harbour village of Arnarstapi for a trek along the cliffs and back into the village by the monument to one of the Norse gods. Final stop was a remote church, apparently visited by married couples in wedding attire for their photos. Walked down to beach and spotted some seals swimming just offshore. The weather had closed in as we went over the mountain pass so the hoped for view of the glacier at the top was obscured by low cloud.Leer más

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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 14

    Heimaey Island

    12 de mayo de 2023, Islandia ⋅ 🌬 8 °C

    South West Iceland amongst a group of 13 volcanic islands, Heimaey is. the largest with a population around 5,000 and is the premier fishing area around Iceland. Weather not good, rain and rough seas, hopefully will be able to land for our 13:00 island tour. The Eldfell volcano erupted here in 1973. Everyone was evacuated but 400 houses destroyed. The lava reduced the access to the harbour, but did increase the size of the island by 20%. A 14th island, Surtsey, was created between 1963 and67 when an undersea eruption broke above the waves, (3 nearby eruptions failed to break the surface and are undersea ridges). The sea has now eroded some of the lava so Surtsey is now only 50 to 60% of its original size. General access has never been granted but the island is used to monitor how long it takes for birds and plant life to establish a presence. We have now docked in the small harbour so looks like the shore trip will go ahead. An interesting tour all around the island seeing the remains of the volcanos and where the lava was stopped in 1973. We ended up the museum which displays the stories and pictures of these eruptions including some of the buildings that were excavated after being engulfed in lava.Leer más

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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 15

    Reykjavik

    13 de mayo de 2023, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

    Arrived 06:00, 09:15 disembark for tour of town and drop off at airport. We had 2 hours free time to explore Reykjavík. Consulting Apple Maps Karen identified the key places, but this also took us up the main tourist street ( mostly gift shops) to the new church at the top of the hill in the city centre. Worst day for weather with showers . Huge queue at the church to visit a viewing station in the tower. We didn’t join it.The main religion is Lutheran so although the church was of an interesting design it has an austere feel inside. Made our way back to the pick up and passed some statues of the original Viking settlers. The main airport was 45 minutes away on the volcanic peninsula so an opportunity to see some more lava fields.Leer más

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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 15

    Heathrow

    13 de mayo de 2023, Inglaterra ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Passport must be getting old as automatic machine entry failed.The man at the desk I subsequently had to visit said the machine didn’t believe I looked like the passport photo. Normal chaos at lifts but finally got to bus level then back to parking to collect car and head back to Devon.Leer más

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  • ViajeroIceland
    Día 16

    Home

    14 de mayo de 2023, Inglaterra ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Arrived back just after midnight on Sunday. After a few hours sleep we can immediately see that spring arrived here while we were away. The trees are in full leaf and our view of the village church has gone ow until Autumn.Leer más

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