An early start this morning for our 45 min flight to Akureyri, the business and commercial centre of northern Iceland to start our Lake Myvatn excursion. We set out from Akureyri in a mini bus - 4 of us - our first stop was to visit a fully automated dairy farm - the cows are milked by robot - very interesting. Then on to the Godafoss waterfalls, not quite as spectacular as earlier ones we had seen, but beautiful nonetheless. Europe's largest bird sanctuary was next, Lake Myvatn was next (not too many birds at this time of year as the lake was frozen). The still-active Krafla volcano was next, then on to sizzling Hverarond, famous for its bubbling sulfur mud pots. We then walked round Dimmuborgir, a lava park with unique rock formations. Lastly, a welcome dip in the Myvatn Nature Baths before our flight home - an exhausting but wonderful day of astounding beauty.
Decided on a very quick dinner tonight - 8 by the time we arrived back at the hotel and a 3.30 start in the morning for our flight to Ireland.
Bless bless
Ann
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| The farm we visited |
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| These gorgeous baby calves were just 2 days old |
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| Godafoss waterfalls |
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| In the salmon fly fishing season it costs $2000 per day to fish in the rivers and the fish are thrown back |
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| Frozen Lake Myvatn |
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| Still-active volcano |
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| Lava park |
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| Not one of our better dinners |
Bless bless
Ann
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