Monday morning, after an Icelandic continental breakfast (skyr, toast, cheese, meat, cucumbers, etc), we took off for the southeastern coastal town of Hofn.
On the way, we saw the pesky volcano Eyjafjallajokull that caused all that trouble with flights a couple years back.
Plus wreckage of a bridge from a different volcanic eruption.
Hofn is famous for its computer-literate crustaceans as demonstrated by their welcome sign (or maybe it's the lobster capital of Iceland, one of the two).
About an hour from Hofn is Jokulsarlon, a spectacular lagoon created from a melting glacier. Apparently, it's the proximity to saltwater and not global warming that causing the melting. We spent a lot of time here both walking around and taking a boat tour. We saw seals swimming around hunting for salmon.
4 comments:
Cool! Hate that volcano though.
How does their salmon compare to ours?
The weather looks a little Nova Scotian
Alma---we didn't eat salmon other than smoked (that was good). I figured I'd eat seafood that was not so easy to get!
Jackie---the weather was quite Nova Scotia-y. It was kind of like Nova Scotia with volcanos and hot springs!
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