As we all know, if it’s on Google, it must be true… …that’s why, when there was a sign on the road we were supposed to take telling us that for almost 20 kilometres, and with gradients reaching almost 20 degrees… Harry and I decided to press on! These photos do not even come close …
34 huge granite eggs represent the eggs of each of the nesting birds in this area, many of which are migrating birds, flying over to Iceland from far away to lay their eggs in Iceland. Each one of the 34 eggs is an exact replica of the egg of the bird in question. The eggs …
This is what you get when you put an engineer together with a house designer in 1954 and ask them to build a lighthouse. The light still operates to this day with two white flashes that are emitted every 20 seconds. Now, time to find some eggs! http://luxuriousnomad.com/in-search-of-eggs-eggin-i-gledivik/ ~ Bella
Now in search of a mysterious red chair…… No one seems to know who made it, who put it there, or why… I’m no great judge of height, but I would say the chair is about 10 feet tall… In March of 2019 it mysteriously vanished… and in May 2019 just as mysteriously it reappeared……… …
Continuing on my ‘Walter Mitty’ quest, Harry Hyundai and I went in search of the supposed ‘Nuuk’ airport… Here is a shot from the movie showing the airport… ..and hey presto! Hornafjörður Airport! From here we go searching for a red chair……. http://luxuriousnomad.com/icelands-red-chair/ ~ Bella
Höfn í Hornafirði is a relatively new settlement, with people first living there in the early 1800s. It only became a city in 1988 – but a city with only 2,200 residents. It’s amazing how many cyclists I saw… especially when you consider that one can drive for hours and not see a town… Next …
At times like this, I wish I had more superlatives in my vocabulary… I was literally AWE-struck! Jökulsárlón – literally meaning “glacial river lagoon” – and if the sight of the icebergs floating by wasn’t extraordinary enough, the icebergs in Jökulsárlón are composed of ice that is over 1,000 years old! Jökulsárlón first started forming …
Diamond Beach is a strip of black sand on the greater Breiðamerkursandur glacial plain, so called for the ‘diamonds’ (chunks of ice) that are scattered across the beach… …and across this bridge is one of the most magical of all sights… http://luxuriousnomad.com/glaciers-and-icebergs/ ~ Bella
Continuing on, we go in search of the last turf church ever to be built in Iceland… Originally constructed in 1884, this is still a practicing parish church… …surrounded by burial mounds… Next stop – Diamond Beach: http://luxuriousnomad.com/diamond-beach/ ~ Bella
When the Vatnajökull volcano erupted in 1996, the 880-metre-long (2,890 ft) bridge was damaged by icebergs the size of houses that had broken off and floated down and across the plains… Thankfully, no one was killed when the bridge was destroyed… …and this monument is all that remains… Hofskirkja Turf Church next… http://luxuriousnomad.com/hofskirkja-turf-church/ ~ Bella
