ICELAND - day 15

29.08.13
My left knee’s been giving me grief all day, but still I managed to do some walking around. It’s the second time running that it swells a lot, giving me pain walking.Nevertheless, we went to a couple of spots always around lake Myvatn, then, on our way to Akureyri we went and see Gullafoss, a nice waterfall, although not as spectacular as the other 2 major ones we saw.

 

We then stopped at a Transport Museum in Ystafell – a great collection of old cars, some still in repair-mode and others that looked brand new. Also, bicycles, tractors, motor-bikes, tools and other transport-connected memorabilia. Quite fascinating.

Further on, we visited the old turf houses of Lufas, originally a farm house then turned into a rectory. All the walls were made of turf – I’m always amazed when I see how houses can be built like that.
 
We finally made it to Akureyri, capital of the North. It is in fact quite a large town. As the weather forcast is rather terrible for tomorrow, we planned visiting a few museums. In case the forcast’s wrong, there are a couple of historical walks we can do around town.
We’re parked at an Olis in the main shopping centre for the night.

TRAVELLED TO: Gullafoss – Ystafell – Lufas – Akureyri