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Akureyri kinda day:
You know you are in Akureyri when you see the stop lights. These lights were changed to a heart to give the people hope during their difficult financial times.
I was up early having coffee and editing photos, then breakfast at the World Cafe. Then gathered things together for the day. The morning started with troll weather but soon the sun was shinning.
Akureyri is a city at the base of Eyjafjörður Fjord in northern Iceland. In the center, the 1940 Akureyri Church has stained-glass windows portraying scenes from Icelandic Christian history. There are views of the fjord from the forecourt. Nearby, the Akureyri Art Museum displays contemporary art from Iceland and farther afield. To the south are the Botanical Gardens, with specimens from across Iceland.
We took an excursion to the Akureyri Botanical Gardens. It is amazing how lush and diverse the collection is considering we are just 23 km from the Arctic Circle.
We parted with the tour group at the Botanical Gardens and walked to the Akureyri City Pool. This is a very nice pool. They have several temperature gradient hot pools, very nice water massage jets, a kewl looking kids pool area and two water slides.
After our swim we had hoped the Viking Hot Dog stand would be open but, alas, it wasn’t. Worry not, I know where there is another place for hot dogs.
We next walked to the church and noted there was a funeral in progress so we did not go inside.
We continued on the the city center where I knew of a hot dog stand. As a connoisseur of the Icelandic Hot Dog I must tell you there is a slight difference here as they add an additional sauce. The added sauce is a cocktail sauce.
Our walking tour continued back to the ship where we dropped our backpacks and and hung our swim suits out to dry.
We may have to search out a bowl of gelato. A Strawberry find was excellent.
I then caught up on my writing and photo editing.
We later attended a very informative lecture about the Vikings.
Dinner and then bed.
Tonight we are feeling a bit of rocking but the seas are relative calm.
Akureyri Photo Dump:
The Pool
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