We left Hverinn and headed to Borgarnes. We had zipped through town on the way to the Westfjords when we first arrived but there were a few places we wanted to visit there so headed north on a blue sky day!
The air was still - great reflections in the river. We drove through
the largest agriculture valley along the way - beautiful.
The scaffolding is down from this lovely church now.
We drove through town to the harbor where we found the Settlement Center. It featured two audio exhibits, one an in depth look at the discovery and settlement of Iceland including flora & fauna along with history and the second on Egil's Saga that recounts the life of Egil Skallagrimsson (Egil's Saga) and his family. He was one of the most influential characters in early development. It was an outstanding presentation.
Then we took Lonely Planet's "top notch" cafe
recommendations and ate upstairs at the Settlement
House Cafe - they had a vegetarian buffet w/soup to
die for! Don't miss either if you come visit here!
It was raining as we left and started along Rt. 47 around the fjord rather than the tunnel under the water. It misted and rained a good deal of the way creating many glorious rainbows!! The purples are incredibly deep in the rainbows around here and many are double ones.
Great coastline views.
First mushrooms - very different.
A fisherman statue in one of the small villages.
The Navy had a submarine station in this fjord during
WWII with 20,000 American and British troops that
went through here. There are still storage tanks here.
More great geography...
and more great rainbows. One started just below the van!!
No pot of gold in evidence, however!
Waterfalls are magnificent following rains! We pulled off the road to check out these old foundations. There was a sign but all in Icelandic so didn't help any.
Just another waterfall in Iceland!
Our campsite view for the night. The owner was a sheep farmer and the local school bus driver. This place had the best shower we've run across. It was a delightful stay at Kaffi Kjos!
