What is that Smell?

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Saturday

We woke up and started dressing so that we could head into our next port. I pulled my older jeans out, the ones I had ridden horses in (figured for walking around town they would be ok). As soon as I pull them out, I got this whiff of something that smelled like poop. The whole room smelled of it. I put the pants back up, but the smell lingered. I found something else to wear. Shelly took the hike, I did the guided tour of town, Seydisfjordur. As we started walking the guide mentioned that there was a herring processing plant here and we might smell it occasionally. About 5 minutes later, boom, the same earlier smell. At least I now know it wasn’t my pants. Boy, I’m not sure if I could ever get used to that smell. The tour walked around town we saw the old Norwegian wooden houses, the old church that had been moved and rebuilt 4 times and then we went to the Tech museum. The telegraph line from Europe came here and they had the first telegraph office on the island. This was also the first city to get electric lights. After that I came back to the boat and grabbed my computer to hit the terminal which had high speed internet. I got my blogs posted and caught up on some email.

Shelly had a lovely hike up the a waterfall and got some wonderful pictures of the area.

We then left Seydisfjordur and the ship headed to Eskifjordur. When it arrived, Shelly headed out for a kayak trip with the guide. The guide had never been there before and wanted to scout the area. Since she knew Shelly was a strong kayaker, she invited her along. Shelly said it was one TOUGH kayak trip and that the guide decided next time they would take the kayaks halfway in boats to make it easier on folks. I stayed on board because I have caught a small cold and felt like I was running a low grade fever, plus there didn’t seem to be anything near the ship to walk to. I enjoyed an afternoon of reading.

Dinner was buffet and I headed to bed to read a bit and then crash.

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Photos

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The morning fordg

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shelly hiking

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from Shelly's kayak

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flintstone table

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Blue church

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birds on the cliff shelly saw from the kayak

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little houses shelly saw from the kayak

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snow on the hike

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view of the city