Sandstorms on Horseback

Yes yes, I know I missed yesterday. But our car got stuck on a rock, had to get towed, broke a mudflap, was drive 20K down an F road which is a big no no for a 2 wheel drive car, then we had to drive back!! Needless to say, that was enough adventure for the day. By the time we rolled in to our lovely guesthouse in the countryside, we kinda just collapsed into our 2 very separate beds.

Today was also definitely eventful. We had a Icelandic horseback riding tour booked through a local outfitter. I'd been watching the weather furiously, praying for no rain. What I didn't pray for was no sandstorm. (We also opted out of the sand and ash insurance coverage for our car. I was just assuming that there wasn't going to be a volcano erupting while we were here.)

Icelandic horses are so beautiful. The are smaller than regular horses, which is great. Those of you who know about my insane fear of animals larger than me will understand. Prior to riding they gave us some super sexy thermal coveralls to keep us warm. Mmm were they attractive. We selected the 2 hour tour. Apparently Andrew wasn't around to tell me "stupid idea" when I booked. About 20 minutes after we started the winds started whipping around voraciously. Little did I know we were under a gale force winds warning. The poor horses. They just weren't having it. I also wasn't having it.  However, we made it the two hours. Andrew loved it. Me...meh

Sexy can I?

 Luckily after that wonderful adventure we had a short trip to Akureyri, which is the capital of the north. Now, I don't know about you, but when I hear the word Capital,
I think big sprawling metropolis. Nope. This town has a population of about 18000. We have a cute apartment right on the water, just near the city center

Big city living

After a stroll, we headed to the #3 trip advisor reviewed place in town...Noa. We were the cool kids waiting outside on a bench until they opened at 6. We have grown pretty tired of our sandwhich, ramen, handfuls of cereal, and cookie diet. We were in need of some delicious food, even if that meant dropping 9,800 ISK. I'll leave you to do the conversion. I ordered the catch of the day, the wolffish.



This was our meal

Yum Yum 

lastly, I'll leave you with a photo of what my fish looked pre-caught