Early flight to Akureyri. We looked at it only a bit before driving on to Myvatn (another beautiful drive), but looked around some more on our way back.
1 Pretty Akureyri, on the Eyjafjörður, the longest fjord in Iceland. The picture is looking along the length of the fjord, the town being on a thumb of landing sticking out into it.
2 The Akureyrarkirkja was desinged by the same architect who did the Halgrimmskirkja in Reykjavik.
3 Akureyrarkirkja
4 Quaint old house
5 Houses near fjord
6 Looking across the fjord at hills on the other side
7 View towards the town of Akureyri
8 Looking north up the length of the Eyjafjörður
9 Water bird, but what?
10 Road leading up the eastern side of the Eyjafjörður
11 After turninig inland (westwards), we came down into a gorgeous valley.
12 Green and white, valley and mountains
13 A farm stands on the narrow plain below erosion patterns on the green mountainside.
14 A small stream has cut a steep valley
15 On the road to Mývatn, Goðafoss is one of the many scenic waterfalls we saw.
16 It's big too.
17 Swedish photographer on the edge of a lovely cliff