Thursday, July 7. A relatively light day. Visited a ThermoElectric plant and had an informative briefing on how Iceland is virtually fossil-fuel free. The technolgy is still evolving. They are now working on CO2 scrubbers which clean the air.

The Open Air Museum, a version of Williamsburg et al, was difficult to tour because of extreme weather. But it was interesting anyway. Of note to me was that wagons were first put in use around 1874, when the king of Denmark presented two wheels to a local farmer. Might be a wive’s tale.

Lunch was unexciting. During free time I went to a “Flyover Iceland” ride, similar but much better than the ride at California Adventure. Smells and mist were fed into the ride at the appropriate times. Really, really good. Got a little airsick. Saw how much Iceland I’d missed.

I then took a nap. Late in the evening I walked into town and struggled to choose dinner. Finally decided to test the accusation that the restaurant from last night indeed has horrible pizza. It wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t horrible.