On Our Way to Skagafjordur, Iceland

After two days in Reykjavik, we stopped at a Kronan Grocery Store and stocked up on supplies for breakfast and lunches and began our journey around the island. The grocery store highlighted our illiteracy in the Icelandic language and currency, Icelandic Krona (ISK). This made shopping somewhat of an adventure. Most of our stops were along the way, so we toured each day enroute to our next BnB.

Barnafossar (foss Icelandic for waterfall)

Hraunfossar 

GRABROK (GRAY PANTS) CRATER

Grabrok was formed in an eruption about 3200 years ago.

Glaumbaer Farm & Museum

The museum displays old timber and turf buildings depicting everyday life on a 19th century estate.

Originally Built in 1849

Archeological remains indicate that this land was farmed beginning in the 11th century.

Timber Entrance to the Turf Complex

Main Hall Inside the Turf Complex

Rooms such as this storeroom branched off the main hall.

Example of Turf Building Construction on Larger Farms in Iceland in Times Past

Note the Herringbone Pattern of the Turf (Sod) Wall.

Glaumbaer Church

COZY COTTAGE IN SAUOARKROKUR

This fairly new log cabin was our first BnB for the trip.

This cabin is located on a working farm.

We brought a folding cooler from home for use along our way. We transferred the contents each evening to the refrigerator and repacked it for travel the next morning.