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15.08.2012 09:07

Holiday

We got a really nice invitation to a summerhouse in the East of Iceland and decided to take a holiday during our holiday. The plan was to go east on Monday, go for a good hikingtour on Tuesday and take a relaxed journey back on Wednesday. But first of all, we had to find the place to stay! Ditta gave us a short description, but no name of the place. It was supposed to be just a bit out of Hallormsstaður. Well, there were a few possibilities... When we finally thought that we went too far, we called and got the information that we were just at the right place! It's called Sólheimar and a former farmhouse surrounded by forrest. We had quick dinner and lit the oven afterwards to have coffee and cookies in the livingroom. After deciding about the plan for the next day and watching the weathernews anxiously, we soon went to bed.
Unfortunately the weathernews were right and it was foggy with a bit of rain inbetween. So a rather bad idea to go hiking into Stórurð. Instead we continued our drive to Borgarfjörður eystri and to the little harbour right outside the village, where around 15.000 pairs of puffins nest every year. As we were a bit late in puffinseason, there were just a few left, the mainflock already on sea. Nevertheless we managed to see some and of course the uncountable number of nestingholes. It must me amazing to see the whole place just crowded with puffins.
On the way back we stopped in the small church to have a look at the altarpicture painted by Jóhannes S. Kjarval, one of the most renown Icelandic painters. He owned a small summerhouse in the East, called Kjarvalshvammur. Of course we stopped there too ;)
From the village we took a drive up the valley, passing the farm Grund II, where the colourful mare Milljón frá Grund II was born in the year 1987. After the short sightseeingdrive we started our journey back to Egilsstaðir. Before we went over the pass we stopped at a canyon we had spotted on our way to Borgarfjörður eystri. It's called Innra-Hvannagil and easy to walk up there. You'll be rewarded by a spectacular view and very interesting patterns in the stone. We definitely did not regret the stop there!
Next stop was, as I already said before, Kjarvalshvammur. In fact it's just a tiny hut with a bed inside. The place for Kjarvals boat "Gullmávur" was even bigger than his own hut... But he definitely picked a marvelous place to stay!
Then there was another stop, we were just too curious about the little "shop" on the way. A guy in Egilsstaðir put up a little hut and inside is a vending machine, where you can buy coke, sweets and even dogtreats. Unfortunately it didn't work for us, but we had a lot of fun trying.
Of course we couldn't just drive by Finnsstaðaholt so we made a surprisevisit at Pétur's and Marietta's place. After coffee, some schnaps and a good talk we departed, looking forward to meeting soon again. 
We were rather lazy to cook after such a long day and had a quick dinner in Egilsstaðir. The evening we spent in front of the oven, talking about the day.
Ditta went south on Wednesday and we took the drive back north. But we didn't go the straight way. First we drove all the way up to Kárahnjúkardam and Hálslón. On the way we met reindeerhunters that just managed to get one. The herd of around 200 deer was still close and I managed to get a few pics of them. 
It was very impressive to see the artificial waterfall "Hverfandi" ("The Disappearing"), which is the overflow of the reservoir. Amazing power!
From there we took a very small gravelroad on the mountainridge between Jökuldalur and Hrafnkelsdalur. It was very deserted, not even sheep up there. On the way down to Hrafnkelsdalur we saw a sick lamb, wrote down it's number and drove to Aðalbólfarm to let know about it.
From there we went on road F907 to Sænautasel, where you can get coffee, tee or cacao with lummur (kind of small, thick pancakes) in the old sheepstable. We decided to take a break and had delicious cacao, while learning about the history of the place and clapping the cat.
Then we went over Geitasandur to Möðrudalur, a very beautiful place and a pitty I never went there before. Soon we were back on Road 1 and on the way home. It was a wonderful trip and there'll many unforgettable memories!






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