East Fjords

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My drive through the East Fjords was fairly unexciting...and grey, given more rainy weather. There are some fishing villages, one of which is known for a lady's astounding rock collection and another of which features a fairly large and somewhat random piece of artwork based on the eggs of Iceland's different birds. I ended up in a town called Seydisfjordur which was a great surprise - you drive into it over the cross of a glacial mountain pass, and it sits in the bottom of a huge fjord with a 'waterfall alley' - it was little, still with an active fishing industry, but full of random art (that somehow appealed to me more than the bird eggs). I loved it, the sun came out (literally), and I did one of my favorite hikes of the trip across the top of the fjord.

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Photos

The avalanche barrier trail (I think it has a real name...starts with a B and is based on the mountain...but I can't remember it)
A lot of towns in Iceland have huge avalanche barriers above them - my plan was to hike to the ones above Seydisfjordur...although the trail was still snowed in at the end so I didn't quite make it to the barriers.