Today was pretty fabulous. We're still only partly acclimated to the time change, so we had the amusement of being wide awake at 3am local time. Luckily this wasn't too much of an issue, we should be much better after tonight.
We signed up for a tour today. First part was riding Icelandic horses through the countryside. Absolutely beautiful animals... As well as amazing surroundings. My horse was named 'Saga'. A truly fitting name. Beth got 'Indiana Jones Jr.', not quite as strongly Scandinavian... But epic nonetheless. The weather skirted between showing off little bits of clear sky and then to little bits of rain. We followed along with our Swedish guide for two hours. Don't think I've been on a horse since I was eleven or so, we definitely had a good time. Thinking we should theme this trip with animals. Between horses and dog sledding, we've got our bases covered.
There was an hour between the end of our ride and the time we were to be picked up for the next bit... As Beth's yarn sense had been tingling, she was smart enough to ask if we could get a ride out to the local Icelandic yarn and fibre factory, Alafoss. Suddenly we own new Icelandic sweaters.
It's been good for us cost-wise here so far. Due to the recent financial collapse, things are much cheaper than one would expect, especially for a Scandinavian country.
Next was a quick version of the Golden Circle tour. Five hours quick anyways. We saw stunning countryside, beautiful waterfalls, amazing geysers... and at the end, a great little show on Norse mythology which I enjoyed quite a bit. (I love that stuff.)
At any rate, now it's dinnertime. We must find food. Tomorrow will be a day of relaxing in the Blue Lagoon... then onto Norway.
So far we've enjoyed Iceland. I can see us definitely coming back in the summer season to experience the endless light.
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