Westfjords - North + Akureyri
Hello! We made it to Isafjordur, found our place, parked and walked to the local brewery Dokkan Brugghus. Carsten had a flight. Tuesday we had a full agenda starting with Skali Hallvards Suganda, a replica Viking hut from the original Settlement days. The sod walls are quite thick, this creates good insulation for the cold climate. These were not tall people. Next stop is The Troll Seat hike. In AllTrails app it says this is a "hard" hike. In our experience, we are much older than the average AllTrails app user. That is to say, if they say "hard" it is going to totally kick our butts! Oh well, off we went! Here from across the fjord you can see where we hiked. Where the grey "seat" starts, there the trail ended. It was hard but the view is amazing! Perhaps you get an idea how high it was (225 meters/750 ft) based on the cruise ship in port. Next stop was the Arctic Fox Center. We watched an interesting film about foxes and one crazy lady who goes out in th...
