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01.06.2013 22:45

Sjómannadagur 2013

Today is the annual Sailorsday in Iceland and as usual people celebrate with a sailing trip. We were so lucky to get an invitation from Hulda and Jói to join them on Jói's boat. Hjördís, Benedikt and Ingólfur's dad Jón joined us and we went west, close to Kinnafjöll mountains. Most of the other boats and ships were going in the direction of Lundey, the Puffinisland. Puffins, artic terns and a lot of other birds were at sea and we met a very large group of seabirds feeding on small fish. Nearby were some whalewatching boats and soon we saw the whales, too. First mink whales and dolphins, but then we detected 2 huge humpbackwhales surfacing close by. We tried to follow them a bit and could watch them very closely, hearing them breathe, smelling their breath. That's something you won't forget so soon. For me it was the first time to see humpbacks and I was happy to have my camera and click away.

In the afternoon we went to fix one of the fences in Hagi, where we are allowed to keep our horses over the summer and in the autumn. The snow and ice had damaged it a lot and the wirenet looked like an accordion on some places. At least we had wonderful weather and so the work wasn't so bad. Always better to have a good and secure fence. Now a good day ends and we are all rather sunburnt and tired. Hope you like the pics in the album!