We had a few days off from school, one or another thing to do in the South and not been there for quite a time, so we drove there last Friday. As it was impossible to get a place to stay Friday til Sunday for a reasonable price we stayed with Ingólfur's nephew and his family. Hjördís accompanied us.
We used Saturday to meet friends of ours, which we haven't meet for quite some time, eventhough we managed to talk a bit during Landsmót at Hólar. They showed us around their stable and invited us for coffee and more afterwards. Hjördís immediately made friends with the Rough Collie they were babysitting and a very nice 5 year old mare, which was happy to have somebody scratching her head.
Sunday we were tourists, taking a drive east and visiting Geysir. Eventhough the weather was not as its best, there were quite a lot of people around, clapping when Strokkur erupted and taking a walk in the area. When coming home, we fetched ourselves pizza and moved into the appartment we rented from Sunday til Tuesday. A very nice place, with enough room. Hjördís went so to stay with her mum and grandparents.
Monday morning was used to do the necessary shopping, whilst we used the evening to watch an Icelandic movie at the movie theatre and going out for dinner. Things we don't do that often.
The plan was to leave early on Tuesday, which we partly managed to, leaving Reykjavík around 11. The weather wasn't that good on the way home, but no problem when driving reasonably. Took a short stop at Íbishóll looking at the youngsters in training there, chatting a bit with Magnús and prebooking a place with his stallion Snillingur for next summer. Another short stop at Akureyri and then we hurried home. Nice to have a bit of change to the daily routine.