Today we slept in till around 8:30. Our hostel had breakfast but it didn't look like much so we walked over to another nearby hotel and ate there. The breakfast at the other hotel was on point! It was a buffet and they had everything. After eating we made ourselves sandwhiches for lunch (which btw has saved us easily over $100 a piece).
After eating we walked around the town stopping at the church (which was designed by the same person as the one made in Reykjavik). We also walked through the botanical gardens which were nice.
We didn't have much planned for today because there isn't much to see between this city and our next stop. We read online there was a good hike up the mountain nearby the city, but we drove around for at least a half hour trying to find where it started with no success. Feeling defeated we decided to go to the local bowling alley to play a game. The bowling alley was pretty cool and very small, it looked like an old greenhouse that had been converted into a bowling alley.
The only problem was none of the balls fit my fingers! They were all too small. This made it difficult to play which was reflected in my final score of 80 something. After bowling we made are way to the local ice cream shop, Brynja, which had gotten great online reviews. The ice cream was delicious! Even though it was pretty cold outside. I had their version of a blizzard.
After ice cream we went to check out the local pool. We decided against swimming because it was way too cold out but it did look pretty fun. We got back for the city center and walked through some of the shops. We ended up stopping at a coffe place to try and plan out the end of our trip.
We had heard about some turf homes (basically homes with a grass roof) and a Christmas house that were supposed to be nearby but we had no luck finding them, today was just not our day. So we ended up driving tour next town, Blondos it was about an hour drive to our guesthouse, which was about 15 miles down another gravel road always from the town. The house we were in was pretty cool though. It was two stories and had a spiral staircase.
After getting settled in we drove back into town for some food. We all ordered pizza, I went with Hawaiian. Now normally I'm not too picky but this pizza was just awful! It had no sauce on it whatsoever, just bread and cheese. After eating we made our way back to the house and made some hot chocolate and watched Harry Potter in the living room (it was one of the only movies on dvd worth watching) and then went to sleep. One more day in Iceland until I head home, here's hoping it's a good one!
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