We had a long drive ahead of us after visiting the wool factory. This stretch of driving had no interesting stops along the way. Our navigation pointed us through one of Iceland's F-roads, which seemed to indicate faster travel on the route, but we did not take it. I had previously read our rental car information which had an explicit warning about these roads.
They are much rougher, unpaved roads, possibly muddy, and possibly crossing bodies of water. It told us that only experienced drivers should do it, and only with a 4WD, which fortunately we had. But we weren't sure what the condition of the road would be so we opted not to. That may have extended the drive by an hour or so. But better late than stuck forever in a place with barely any people I suppose.
As we drove, we started to get hungry and opted to look for a place to prepare a meal. There were no picnic spots, so we resorted to cooking in the sand at a suitable turn out point.
The ground was very soft, and the weather was windy. But we were determined to have our meal of noodles, of the semi-instant variety. So my brother-in-law set it all up and started to cook. If I remember correctly it had fish (dried cod thrown in), and the flavor packet that comes with the noodles.
That's our chef! We were slightly worried about the wind so we tried to block some of it with a suitcase. Meanwhile the scenery in the background was just beautiful skies and mountains.
The view of the road ahead, and the car door. At least while cooking we could all hide in the car from the wind. At some point a car drove by (a rare occurrence), and we saw the passengers looking at our peculiar set up with their jaws dropped. Fun stuff.
And it's done! We quickly divvied it up and ate happily in the car. And then we were on our way. Don't worry, we were very clean. No trash left behind.
After another stretch of driving we arrived at Stykkishólmur, a nice harbor town. Here you can see people hiking to the opposing hill.
As it was getting late, we decided we would eat at a restaurant here before getting to where we would be staying the night. Very big contrast to what we just ate.
Grilled Fish and veggies.
Fish soup
Mussels (the special)
These were all very tasty. Maybe it was the hunger. Or the price point. Or the fun company. We left satisfied.
This was the view as we left the restaurant. Just stunning. This was also was submitted to a @derangedvisions photo contest.
We got to stay in a relatively newly built house, only sharing with one other couple, and it was very comfortable. This pretty fake fireplace greeted us as we came in with a feeling of warmth.
At night we tried to go outside to capture more of the Aurora. This time I researched whether or not it was possible to do something with my phone camera so that I could capture something. This was the result, and there are more details in this post.
And we're near the final stretch! Just one more whole day left, where we're headed back to the main city of Rejkavik.
Iceland Travel Series
Here's a link to the beginning...
And the journey continues here...
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