1st September

We first had a quick road tour around Reykjavik before getting on the A1 to head north.

The buildings in the city are beautiful designs and even the graffiti looks good.

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the scarpa building made of glass and the Viking ship statue. I took all these photos from the car!

On our journey up the A1 we went under the fjord. The tunnel was 7 kms. This is the water we travelled under…

At Borgarnes we stopped to photo the bridge and mountains.

From the coffee shop you get a view of the mouth of the fjord and at low tide lots of seabirds.

We did our shopping at bonus. Yellow, with a pink pig logo.

Now we were only an hour away from our next nights location.

We went along the road as far as Bifrost where we saw volcanos and moss covered lava fields. The mountains surrounding the road were gigantic.

From here we went over the dalir  (dales) pass to Budardalur. What a beautiful road. We enjoyed all the views as we climbed up and saw small gorges and small waterfalls and then down to the lower coastal  lands.

At Budardalur we stopped for an Icelandic hot dog…..not sure what we were eating but it tasted good with onions mustard and sauces over it.

By the coast it was so pretty, I could live here. Sea birds, fjord reflections and black sand.

Now we are close by for 4 nights, inland by a lake in a small wooden cabin. It is very cosy and a good job because high winds and rain is forecast.

We will be exploring from this area further north west and north east as much as we dare!