Just over an hour north of where I am staying is the lovely peninsula of Borgarbyggð – but while the area is lovely, the main reason for this little adventure was to check off another of my Walter Mitty locations…  Papa Johns.

Scene from the movie:

…and in fact it is a bakery!

After some searching, I managed to find Hlíðartúnshúsin – restored traditional Icelandic turf houses.

Ah, the rare Domesticus Snow Leopard!

He was camera-shy…

I managed to find the perfect place to curl up in Harry and read for a while…

Btw, if you don’t know about this painting, it is not by Rembrandt – but is instead the result of high resolution scans of all of his paintings, AI processing of the data, and the painting itself printed with a 3D printer to mimic the actual style of brushstrokes etc used by the real master.

…and when one considers this was produced back in 2016, one wonders about the future of ‘creative’ expression…

Anyway, the scenery was much too lovely to ponder anything so challenging for too long…

The mountain in front of me looked as though it had newly erupted…

We have such glorious sunsets here…

~ Bella

Iceland's Westman Islands

September 6, 2020 0

Although it was rainy and misty when I left home, by the time Harry and I made it to the main island, it was brilliant sunshine... This type of sight anywhere else would be thought of as pollution - here it is merely steam... I always think these car ferries…

Who needs the Blue Lagoon?

September 8, 2020 0

Yes, the Blue Lagoon may be a natural wonder, but it also comes with astronomical entry fees and gazillions of people... So, who needs the Blue Lagoon when one has one's own private geothermal hot tub?! It was like entering another world... Magical! This place (Hotel Viking) is not only…