Today was an early morning (840 departure! - that's early for us) to get to the Natural History centre here for a lecture by a woman there (Harpa), followed by an attempt to get coffee (nowhere was open until 11 really) and then a trip to the Volcano Museum - some really interesting stuff there: depictions of eruptions, stones, an obsidian knife. Lunch was eaten at home (aka our guesthouse - a nice step up from the typical hostel! Though Marjan's bed broke yesterday...). We then headed off to the SeaTours office to meet up with everyone before our BOAT CRUISE! This was a highlight - we saw many birds including 2 shag couples and some chicks, PUFFINS!!!! (lundi in Icelandic), and a magnificent Sea Eagle (from afar) AND we got to eat some scallops fresh caught from the ocean! As in they sent down a small catch net and hoisted it up for us!
We returned home to attempt to do some work and then headed out for diner at a recommended restaurant where I spent too much $, and Sharon could hardly eat anything (sans dairy, meat or scallops). A quick jaunt up to the lighthouse to watch the "sunset" (basically it just lowering in the sky, it's 00:43 here now, and the sky is still somewhat light). I haven't uploaded pictures yet, it's been pretty hectic, but I've been noting my daily activities! there have been a few really good highlights these last few days (geothermal caves & rafting anyone?!), but project/course work and not wanting any minute to slip away have hindered the blogging process! Hope you keep checking back...
Laura Out.
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