Day 7: Leaving the Westfjords, Grabrok Crater, Borgarnes, and the road to Vik

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Our guesthouse for the last 2 nights

Today will be a short post as today is mostly a road trip day – ending up in Vik so that we can hit some Southeast Iceland spots tomorrow.

At breakfast – the dogs heard it was our last day there. Also, at the breakfast buffet next to the butter was a spread labelled ‘Smurostar,’ which the Google Translate app alternatively translated as ‘smurf cheese’ or ‘lubrication cheeses.’ It was ‘Smurostar mid sveppum’ or ‘smurf cheese with mushroom.’
Saying bye to Loki and Bangsi (which I just learned is Icelandic for teddy bear) – also Gobbi the Parrot attempting to organize the clothes rack:
Becky feeding another horse

We started the drive back from the Westfjords and made a stop at Grabrok, a volcanic crater in the fjord of Borgarfjördur.

Grabrok!

From Grabrok we headed to fjord town of Borgarnes for some lunch. Borgarnes was a key filming location in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the Ben Stiller version). We ate at the Settlement Center, which is both a museum of early Iceland and a restaurant, with a delicious vegetarian buffet. Then we grabbed drinks at a coffee shop called Blómasetrið (Icelandic for Flower Center, apparently).

Very tempted to get the (S)expresso, “A coffee drink that is made up like love making,” but alas, settled for a latte.

From there it was a straight shot over to Vik, the site of our next AirBnb.

Our “back yard” at the Vik AirBnb
The church in Vik
Reynisdrangar (the rock formations in the ocean) from the east side (Vikurfjara Black Sand Beach)
View from our cottage

We retired to our cottage after a dinner in Vik at Smidjan Brugghus and a walk along the black sand beach. Tomorrow will be another full day, with Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon (I don’t even attempt to pronounce it), Jokursarlon Glacier Lagoon, and Svartifoss waterfall.

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