Bakkagerði is a small village on the Borgarfjörður Eystri with a population numbering around 130. It is known as the Puffin Capital of Iceland. A buffet dinner featuring local fish was served at the Álfheimar Country Hotel on the evening of our arrival. There were meatballs as well, though I did not learn if they were lamb, or possibly reindeer. During dinner the hotel proprietor, Arngrímur Viðar Ásgeirsson, treated us to a performance of Icelandic folk songs. (He noted that his brother, Magni Ásgeirsson, is an Icelandic rock musician.) The next morning was time for the much anticipated puffin watching expedition. The coach drove us along the coast to Borgarfjarðarhöfn and the rocky Hafnarhólmi jutting out into the sea. Highway 94 ends here. From the coach parking lot, the group walked down a wooden staircase to
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