Súlur

Sorry sorry sorry! I know I've been slacking and have not updated in a timely fashion for a week or so...but to be totally honest nothing interesting had happened during that week! After all the sightseeing and excitement wore off, we had to put our noses to the grindstone and do some downright learning (which, unfortunately, meant school on the weekend...I know...blasphemous).

One brief afternoon off I did some exploring with a friend, Evan...well...we started out with the concept of "exploring" and found this cool whale statue! And then we called it a day and gulped down 2 hot chocolates, each.


During the summer solstice we went on a midnight hike up a 3,000+ft mountain called Súlur. We wanted to make it to the top for the "sunset" (which lasts for quite some time), and the whole way up you could see Akureyri getting smaller and smaller in the distance. The whole mountain exists because of lava flow, so all of the ground is moss covered bubbles of solidified magma.




Caitlin had her son, Felix, on her back the whole time. He had lots of fun frolicking in the snow near the top of the mountain...in fact his favorite part was falling face-first into the white fluff.


He looked like quite a handsome astronaut in all of his hiking gear.



Once the sun really started to set you could watch it move between the mountains as fast as an airplane.


Here's Akureyri


and Súlur!