Early morning walk before breakfast ....these lakes are just down the road from our hotel...between the mountains and the ocean...
A little farmhouse with a waterfall in the back yard!
The coastal walk from Arnarstapi to Hellnar... This was so amazing, the rock formations were like nothing we'd ever seen before . At Hellnar we stopped at a cute little cafe for fish soup and beer then walked back to Arnastapi. It was surprisingly warm as there was no wind.
It doesn't look quite as astonishing in the photo but the rocks in the cliffs and the black sand were so striking...amd it went on for a couple of kilometres .
Behind this rather attractive house is Snaefellsjokull ...a mountain covered in a glacier ....fell in Icelandic means mountain and jokull means sheet of ice. It is the predominant feature of the peninsular and we were on our way to see it up close.
After a rather hairy drive up the mountain and then a 30 minute walk ( my legs only just made it) we arrived at the ice. It was so worth it. Cloud still covered the top but we could still see this great expanse of ice ..too dangerous to walk on but so interesting to walk around.
What it looked like under the surface...so beautiful...