Landmannalaugar
Posted in Travel on 07/22/2010 07:58 am by enjanerdWe spent the day at Landmannalaugar. There were hot springs and interesting landscapes, but more bugs! Again, they didn’t do anything to us, but they kept swarming our faces and getting in our ears and noses.
We had dinner at Caruso, an Italian place, following a recommendation in the tour book. I had salted cod there that was seasoned and not overwhelmingly salty. And some really good veggies, which seem to be rare in the country. Food was pretty good and the portions were quite filling. Our waiter here had, what sounded like an American accent, but not quite and we couldn’t figure out what kind of accent he had. So we finally asked him where he was from — LA, but he was picking up an Icelandic accent.
Did some souvenir shopping after dinner and called it a night. Got some Icelandic wool for the knitters in my family and mittens for myself. *SO* excited for winter! The mittens have separate hand and thumb partitions that flip up, so I can type on my phone and keep the rest of my hands warm!
