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Published: July 31st 2009
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akureyri
View of fjord from ship Thu was our first port in Iceland. Akureyri is in the northern part of Iceland at the end of a 36 mile long fjord. I think they said it’s the 2nd largest city in Iceland at about 18,000 people. There are a lot of farms in the area and a lot of sheep. Apparently there are more sheep in Iceland than People.
We had an early tour so headed up to the Lido for Breakfast and to get some pictures of the sail down the fjord. It took a while for the ship to be cleared by local authorities so we were a bit late leaving for our Akureyri Falls and Farmland. We started with a drive along the fjord to an old farm (very old) that was built mostly with sod and some stone. There are not a lot of trees here or really many stones so they used to built houses slightly into the ground and then covered with sod and some stone/wood when available. The house was many small rooms which they used to close off so they only had to heat one or two of them. It was very dark inside and difficult to get around
because of the uneven floors and steps. We got a few pictures outside but it was raining most of the time we were there so didn’t spend a lot of time.
We then headed to Godafoss which was a very nice waterfall. Probably would have been nicer if the fog hadn’t rolled in just about the time we got there. There was a walk to the other side but it was too cold for most of us so almost everyone rode the bus to the other side to pick up the few that did walk. As we were leaving the fog cleared and we did get a better view of the falls but not able to get a picture from the bus.
The next stop was the botanical garden which is the most northern one in the world. It was pretty but cold and rainy so didn’t spend much time there.
Then we headed back for a drive thru the city before returning to the ship. We had originally planned to walk back into town to shop but found out the Christmas shop Mom wanted to go to was 26 kilometers away and since the weather wasn’t
the greatest decided to stay on board for the afternoon.
There wasn’t a lot going on so Mom did some ironing and I uploaded photos etc. There weren’t enough people for Bingo since some tours weren’t back yet. We had another nice dinner including some jokes on our Canadian couple. The casino is closed until we leave Reykjavik on Sat night because of Iceland laws. So between that and no Bingo not sure if we’re ahead or behind for yesterday. The show was an Irish Opera singer named Sinead Blanchfield and she was very good.
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Janet
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HI Sharon, Thanks for the pics, they so beautiful. Loved the falls. Reminds me of another falls that we all seen. We are enjoying reading the blogs. Keep them coming. Take care, Janet