what a day
cave tour - https://www.thecave.is/is/cave-explorer
johannes
amazing lava tube
lava shits
chocolate
hawaii vs iceland names
ah ah and poepoe?
hraunfossar and barnafoss (child falls, where two kids died etc)
geitfjarsetur - sadly closed because of a local funeral (and the off season)
the goats seemed disinterested, the dogs were happy to see new humans
Deildartunguhver, source of hot water and heating in the area
snorri’s statue, church and area was shut down for a funeral
1500 ISK for tasting plate
- Lager
- Strawberry
- Northern lights liquorice
- India Pale Ale
- Something else?
I dunno, it was beer.
Then they brought out the weird one - I’ll leave it up to the company to describe it best:
Hvalur 2 Þorraöl Steðji are even more controversial , again it was an ale purposely brewed for the season of Þorri, the Icelandic midwinter festival but instead of using milled whale bones we took it a step further and used sheep dung-smoked whale testicles from a Fin-whale mixed with pure Icelandic water, malted barley and hops.
This method of smoking various meets and fish has been done in Iceland for centuries but never with an ingredient such as a whale testicle so it was a challenge and that is what our brewery is all about, innovation, imagination, creativity and sometimes like all work of art, a little bit of controversy.
back to check into the house of the spirits and drop our stuff
then off to the blue lagoon
usual intro, lovely facilities
naked shower
a bit of a mad house with so many people
noisy americans making all sorts of noise
I tried the mud mask, it was OK
cider in a hot pool is nice and refreshing
dinner at lava restaurant
me: Cured beef - Brennivín, blueberries, black garlic mayonnaise, beer bread subtle but delicious Langoustine soup - Garlic marinated langoustine, dulse powerful and tasty Grilled beef tenderloin - Wild mushrooms, crispy potatoes (chips), onion jam, dijon mustard rich meaty flavous as you’d expect me: Lamb fillet and shoulder of lamb - Rutabaga, carrots, rhubarb, thyme delicious, tender flesh, cooked rare
I feel really dried out
