Long time - no see. We haven't visited our friends Pétur and Marietta at Finnsstaðaholt for quite some time. Always on the schedule, but never worked out. Well, this weekend we finally made it. First stop at Egilsstaðir was the gardencenter where I of course couldn't resist getting myself a new orchid whilst buying one for our hosts, too. If you find a variety you have never seen before, why not grab it?
After dinner we had a nice chat and went to bed rather early. Saturday was dedicated to having a look at horses, talk about horses and visit horsepeople. After checking the foals we drove to Skríðuklaustur and had a look at the wonderful settlement museum there. It was interesting to learn about the monastery that was there at the early ages and wander through the impressive building inspecting original furniture and photographs. From there we went to Suðurdalur and drove all the way in to Sturluflöt as we intended the visit the inhabitants, but nobody was home. Impressing place to live! On the way back we stopped at Viðivöllum fremri and had a chat with Valli and his wife. Nice to get to know new people. Then we headed back home, had dinner and went to Vök, the new baths in the east. Very interesting place to be, but I'd have liked to have a bit more time there. Well, next time!
Sunday we had a look at the older horses and then it was time to say goodbye and drive home... Great to meet our friends and spend time together. Now we are waiting for them to come with their "fat" horses to have them with ours at Ísólfsstaðir. Hope they'll come soon.