So today was my last morning of "small town living". I was pretty excited for my day today, unfortunately the weather wasn't as excited :( I woke to pretty bad winds and snow this morning, luckily over here you don't have to be out of the hotels till 12. This gives the weather a bit of time to improve a bit, although its near impossible to predict. I wanted to have a walk around town but over the few hours the weather didn't improve so I headed down to the settlement centre to walk through their viking exhibition. The audio tour talked of the Vikings discovery of Iceland and showed where they settled and how they lived, then another section showed the story of quite a famous Viking Egil who they describe as a larger than life hero. The three photos of the wooden carvings are three of the major Heathen gods. 1) Thor, with his hammer. 2) Floki. 3) Odin
Upon leaving here i started to make my way towards Reykjavik, unfortunately the weather was still not improving so I was pretty keen to get there and away from the wind and blowing snow! I was meant to take a detour off route 1 that would of taken me around one of the fjords but couldn't, instead I took the tunnel underneath the fjord. All 6km of it, the only tolled section of road in Iceland. I am hoping to get back out there another day when the weather is nicer and more drivable!
Upon arrival I thought it would be a good idea to head to the grocery store and do a little bit of shopping for my next few days. The walk up there was quick and windy but there was lots to take in. The tourist information centre was my next stop, time to get some brochures and info about all the things to do in the city. From there I headed to a pub for an afternoon beer, I think this is going to become a bit of a daily ritual as there are quite a few pubs to choose from. My night is going to be an early one, after a scrumptious dinner of spag bowl its almost bed time! Im going to try my luck at seeing the northern lights tonight, I'm keeping an eye on the cloud coverage website and iv got my warm clothes ready to go for my 12am alarm to drive out of town a bit, fingers and toes crossed!!