Akureyri

Late yesterday afternoon we noticed a rather disturbing bubble on the sidewall of the right front tyre. 

First stop this morning was therefore the tyre joint in Husavík, where they confirmed our thought that this wasn’t a good discovery. However, they also couldn’t fix it until tomorrow – so they advised to drive slowly to Akureyri, Iceland’s second city and by far the largest outside of the capital. On arrival, the tyre was able to be replaced in a matter of minutes, and our quest for Iceland Bingo could continue. 

Akureyri looked nice enough, and we had another tasty lunch at a quaint cafe. Lauren was keen for another swim, so we left Granny to have a coffee in the Main Street and we headed to the pool for an hour or so. 

Our map helpfully identified a place about 15km out of town that was marked as ‘home made ice cream’, and the kids were outvoted to go there instead of the soft serve place they could see. 

Aside from Lauren falling off the see-saw that all went pretty well – and at least she had her ice cream in a cup, so we could even use it to ice her hip, which was convenient. 

From there it was a picturesque hour or so to a little town called Varmahlíd for our last night on the road. 

That town is just coming into view, and I think we will be kicking the footy very soon!