About 10 days ago one of my best friends and I decided to use our day off to help in the Great Seal Count organized by the Icelandic Seal Center in Hvammstangi. This was the 10th year that they have organized the Seal Count. Every year with the help of Volunteers they count the seals …
Month: July 2016
Letters old and new
Once again I only have incoming letters to show but they are well worth showing off. After June was so slow work wise, July was packed full and even my days off were spend doing lots of stuff. Hopefully I will get around to writing about those things soon. I don't have any letters I …
Gásir Medieval Market
Gásir is located on the west side of Eyjafjördur and after always talking about it on the tours last weekend we finally decided to visit the area. In the middle ages this used to be the main trading post in Northern Iceland and is mentioned in several sagas and legends, first records are from 1163. …
Letter Fun
I am slowly catching up on all my reply's which seems to be a good thing as every time I finished writing one a new letter turns up in my mailbox. These two are on a european journey to Ireland and Germany. I really like the theme of the Europa 2016 stamps (Ecology in Europe …
Humpback Whale Identification
Since I started this blog a bit over a year ago there have been quite a few posts about the humpback whales that we see here in Eyjafjördur. But today I realised that I never actually wrote about how you can recognize different humpback whales. Humpback whales are fantastic because it is possible to recognize …
Snaefellsnes Peninsula part 2
Snaefellsnes peninsula has gorgeous landscapes and along the way I found lots of little plants that I couldn't resist getting some close-ups of even though I don't know what any of these are. The yellow ones especially were so beautiful just growing between the rocks and lava bits in places where you just don't expect …
Snaefellsnes Peninsula part 1
This is a bit late but for some reason I never got around to writing about my long weekend trip to the west of Iceland before. At the beginning of June I had three days of in a row and decided to visit a friend of mine who was working on a Sheep and Mussel …
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