Day Eight - Seyðisfjörður to Þorshöfn

After breakfast at the hotel, we drove around Seyðisfjörður for a bit before heading out.

Today was mostly just a driving day way up North off of the Ring Road to Þorshöfn. It was a very windy and desolate drive. We arrived in Þorshöfn in the evening and continued about 12 km further to the farm where we were to spend the night. The farm is called Ytra-Áland and essentially we were staying in the woman's house. It was lovely because we actually had two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen area all to ourselves! The woman who runs the place was so nice and accomadating and welcoming.

For dinner we had to drive back to Þorshöfn to the only restaurant around, Eyrin. The place was packed with guys watching soccer. I had the most incredible clam chowder with locally sourced clams and we also got a pizza which was good.

When we got back to the farm, we talked to a guy from Greenland who was living there for a year for a school requirement. Super interesting! The Greenlandic (I don't know if that's what it's called, haha) language might be even crazier than Icelandic, if that's possible!

Because we were so far north (probably less than 50 km from the Arctic Circle) we were on the lookout for the Northern Lights – and we were lucky enough to see some! The sky was a bit cloudy, so they were faint and not very distinct, but we were ecstatic! It was a dream come true!

Breakfast at Hotel Aldan.

Dang those rolls were amazing.

Details around the main reception/restaurant of the hotel. In love.

Church in Seyðisfjörður. I want to get married again at this church!
Or stage wedding photos anyway. :)

On the drive North to Þorshöfn.

So many waterfalls every where you look.

The open road beckons to us.

Day Seven - Höfn to Seyðisfjörður

This morning when checking out of the hotel, the guy at the front desk gave us directions to this re-creation of a Viking village not far from the hotel. It was super cool! And kind of creepy. We were technically not supposed to be there. We were out there completely alone in this spooky village with sheep wandering around. Awesome!

We had a bit longer of a drive today that included lots of mountain driving in the rain and a bit of snow. After driving over a giant mountain we descended into our destination Seyðisfjörður. It is the most adorable town and we stayed in Hotel Aldan which I have to determined to be my favorite hotel in the world. It was built in the 1920s and is decorated in all white with antique furniture. The hotel is comprised of three different buildings -- the building we are in used to be a bank. I'm totes decorating my next bedroom/house in this style!

We were lucky enough to be able to eat dinner at the hotel restaurant on the last night before they closed for the season. I had the cod and it was delicious and so fresh. I'm not a big seafood fan, but I've had to try it whenever possible while on this trip and it's been amazing.

Unfortunately, even though Seyðisfjörður is an amazingly cute little village and is supposed to have lots of great artsy shops, it's too rainy and windy to venture out. It looks like most things are closed anyway, due to the weather and being so late in the season. We'll drive around in the morning at least to see things before heading out.

Will's reward for being so good in the car all day!

Hidden Viking village.

Viking village.

Will and I walking in beautiful desolation.

I wanted to bring this gentleman home with me.

Lava meets ocean.

This photo makes me want to sell all of my worldly possessions
and hop on the next plane back to Iceland!

The drive to Seyðisfjörður.

Sheep on the beach

Seyðisfjörður -- I love you.

Our amazing hotel. I must go back sometime in my life. MUST.