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| Monday, 28 June. Having slept long and sound, we finally crawl out of the bed around 12:30pm. The weather is not as good as yesterday, and the sky is overcast. Still, we can see some bits of blue sky in the west. Farmers have been out in the fields making hay yesterday, and now they are wrapping it all up in white plastic. | |
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We say good morning to the porcelain bunny sitting by the window in the TV room.
Then we are off to Isafördur: a peaceful town with a harbour, some nice little old houses. We are told it's an important cultural centre of Iceland, with a long tradition in classical music education, and that many artists and musicians come from here. First we pick up Hrafnhildur and Inga from Inga's grandfather's house, then stop by in town centre to buy some stationery. Iceland being such a small country, right outside the shop we bump into Ásta's (well, our) neighbour from Reykjavík - she's visiting her daughter in Isafördur (right). |
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| We then drive back the tunnel - this tunnel is not only the longest tunnel in Iceland, but it also has a turning inside, so it's a 3-way tunnel: about 2km from the Isafördur entrance, we take the right turn this time, which will take us to the top of the Súgardar Fjord. We drive further down the fjord and arrive in the little fishing village of Sudureyri - filled with air smelling of fish! We (well, at least Akiko) found it very pleasing, but it could be a vegetarian's nightmare, we suppose. | |
A cute little outdoor swimming pool, where we go for a quick dip. (Usako & Kousa stay in the changing room.) |
Across the road is the harbour. |
We then go for a walk around the village. |
There are quite a few duck families, both here and near Korpudalur. |
A little house in the middle of the water - no idea what it's for. |
The road continues along the coast to the next valley. Here, outside the harbour, the water is much bluer than inside. |
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We find this on a grassy slope, behind one of the houses in the village, and wondered if it's meant to be art. Later on we are told that it's a memorial for a local character, on whose life the Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness based his novel "World Light". |
| You might have been wondering, upon reading our complaints that it's been "too warm", how on earth the mountains could still be capped with snow. Well, so have we... On our way back, we even see some snow still left on the roadside, just before the tunnel entrance. |
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| As we drop the girls off in Isafördur and start heading back to Korpudalur, the sky is beginning to be filled with dark clouds. (Taken from the town centre, looking towards the harbour. The airport can just about be seen in the far distance, too.) |
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It starts to sprinkle later on in the evening, so we can't sit outside for very long and have to work indoors. We can still see some clear sky in the western horizon though, and the sun going down is beautiful again - we love this mixture of the monochrome sky and bright colours at the bottom corner! |
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