Friday, July 1. Blog failed. Without providing the ridiculous details of why it crashed, I’ll just say it’s up and running again. So my log continues.

Received a briefing on “Immigration”, though it was more generalized than that. It could almost have been retitled “Racism in Iceland”. Detailed the challenges foreign people face in a happily homogeneous culture. Based on the young and – immigrant herself – lecturer, I’m not sure Icelanders consider themselves biased or the immigrants unIcelandic.

Visited the Haafell goat farm and had a great time. One surviving goat from Game of Thrones was present.  Iceland is home to a special breed of goat. Tried some goat milk and it was delicious. Haafell is home to the “Queen of Goat Herders”. Very nice woman.

Next stop was Hraunfossar waterfalls, under a field of lava. I’d seen the same phenomena in Japan, where the water shoots out from underground streams. It was cool then, it’s cool now.

Kleppjarnsreykir greenhouse and restaurant. Americans opened it as a startup just as the Pandemic hit. Struggled to survive. They “cleanse” their garden each year by simply flooding the grounds with extremely hot water. Kills everything. Excellent tomato, carrot and mushroom soups. As usual, the bread was especially tasty.

Viewed some geothermal vents that for once included warning signs. Icelanders expect responsible people, so warning signs are rare. In this case there were too many people dipping their hand into steam that literally exceeded the temperature of boiling water.

We returned to the same hotel. I had another hot dog. Still too messy for my taste.