July 17, 2018
1:44 AM (past
midnight) Iceland Time
Today we set out early and first went to Spákonuhof, the
museum of prophecies. The museum is mainly dedicated to the story of Þórdís the Prophetess and Mt. Spákonufell. The guide told
us a few stories of her that were from some of the Icelandic sagas. Before
Christianity came to Iceland in around 1000 AD, many Icelanders would rely on
rune readings, and other superstitious things such as coffee readings. One
thing I found interesting, yet a bit grotesque was that often time farmers
would predict the weather by examining sheep intestines. The severity of
weather would be determined based on the amount of excrement in the intestines.
After our little tour, we headed out for Reykir in north
Iceland. We got on a boat and went to a small island called Drangey island. It
was a perfect gorgeous day with not many clouds at all! The island has a lot of
puffins; they were so cute! We hiked for a few hours around the entire island.
It had sheer cliffs, sponge, mossy ground and a view of the fjord that was out
of this world! We had a blast!
We then drove to Hofos; where we will be staying for the
next two nights. The emigration center is here, so we will be learning more
about our ancestors that emigrated to north America tomorrow. Tonight, we ate
at a night restaurant, and went to a park where we jumped on a huge blow up
trampoline and enjoyed each other’s company.
It’s getting late, so I am headed to bed. Sorry this post
was short, I really can’t express how amazing and fun this whole experience has
been, but thanks for reading my blog regardless!
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