After getting my fill of the puffins I continued along the ridge to the highest point. It is really steep and crawling to the top you can see the ocean for miles. It was kind of foggy, but the view was still beautiful.
We had other things planned for the day so we had to head back on the bus after a while. Next we drove for about another hour and stopped near a beach. Our bus had somehow managed to get a flat tire, so while Thordur and Caitlin’s husband worked on it we all walked down the beach to the water. There were a lot of beautiful seashells, and reaching the water we took off our shoes and dipped our feet into the water. It didn’t seem like that long, but we spent about two hours on the beach I think.
Continuing (south)west we drove for another hour or two until we reached a little pool. It was kind of in the middle of nowhere, but we thought it would be relaxing to go for a swim. The pool was just a small swimming pool but was geothermally heated which was nice. We only stayed for about half an hour though since we had to keep on driving so that we could make our ferry to take us to Stykkisholms.
We reached the docks around 5:45 pm, but had some time to kill since the ferry wasn’t there yet, and doesn’t board until around 6:30 pm. We bought some snacks at a little store nearby and played castle until the ferry came. Thordur drove our bus on the ferry while we walked on and found some seats. Shortly after the ferry took off we walked downstairs and got dinner in the cafeteria. I ate a really good chicken salad that had Doritos on it. For some reason Icelanders like Doritos a lot. My host mom in Akureyri put Doritos in a soup she made one night.
An isolated island inhabited by only a few people. We passed it on our ferry ride to Stykkisholms.
After dinner we headed back up top and hung out and talked music. Shortly before we arrived at Stykkisholms we headed back downstairs since the water was getting choppy. The stairs on the ferry are rather narrow, and when a friend’s scarf starting blowing away I tried to grab it but ended up just falling down the stairs. It was more hilarious than painful, so I was glad everyone had a good laugh.
Once we were off the ferry (about 9 pm) we all got back on the bus and headed around the block to our hostel. We were all pretty tired, so we just chose rooms and crashed. Before bed I went on a short walk with some people and we explored a little of the town and went to a coffeehouse where some people got some coffee and pastries. Stykkisholms looked really cute and had some interesting shops and restaurants, but since we are leaving early tomorrow morning unfortunately we won’t get to check them out.
Our hostel
Tomorrow night we’ll be in Reykjavik! Only six days left though :(
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