Tuesday, July 5. Akureyri is at the end of the longest fjord in Iceland. So to spend the least time cruising to the whales, we bused to the Dalvik fishing port. Pretty views along the road.

We donned floatation coveralls, sweating in the process. The boat was not limited to just us, so there was a capacity crowd. But not horribly so. The cruise had fantastic views on all sides, regardless of the presence of whales. This was good, because the whales failed to appear. There were a few sightings, but all too far away to see anything. For a few minutes we were joined by dolphins, which was fun.

We returned and walked to a resaurant famous for their sod stew, which was not a boast. Very good. Our setting was off the stage of an theater due to the popularity of the restaurant. After the meal we were entertained by a 1t6 year-old music student. Iceland is properly proud of their love of the arts.

During our afternoon of free time I visited the local outdoor “pool”, which was actually a collection of several pools. I enjoyed the 42-44 celsius pool and kept trying the 5-12 celsius on. I might have managed it for 15 seconds. Brrr! I found it fascinating that a long row of seniors would sit in chairs along one wall and chat among themselves. It brought a vision of seniors at a trailer park.

Following the pool visit I meandered around town. As with everywhere else, the twon center looked like it had been painted just the day before. Everything was clean. Had an interesting pizza with both bacon and bacon bits. Caramel milk shake.