Day 10

Day 10

Its our last full day in Iceland and we really didn't anything pre planned so we decided to join a tour to the Prihnukagigur volcano.  It wasn't your ordinary volcano site seeing trip. Of course the weather was the worst its been since we have been here.  The volcano is located in the Blue Mountains South of Reykjavik.  There was a very small ski area where we parked.  It was about an hour hike over very a rough lava field.  It rained hard for a while, then it sleeted and even a bit of snow and of course it was very windy also.  The actual tour of the volcano was inside the crater.  We were lowered on high rise window cleaning scaffold down about 450 feet into the bottom of the crater. The opening at the top is only about 10 feet wide by 15 feet across. This was probably the best thing we have done while we we here. The volcano was created about 450 million years ago.  You could actually see where the lava had flowed up the crater and then cooled as it flowed back down.  We got to explore the bottom of the crate for about 30 minutes before riding the scaffold elevator back up.  They tour company had a nice little shack with lamp soup to warm us up after being in the cold crater.  After a short rest and purchasing a couple cool T shirts, we had to hike back to the parking area.  It started out sunny but he quickly turned to rain and sleet again,  By the time we got back we soaked even with good rain gear.  How many people can say the have actually been to the bottom of a volcano crater??

After  a shower and a nap back a the hotel we walked into the main center of the city for dinner at the restaurant Reykjavik.  They had an outstanding buffet with all kinds of local seafood and meats.  It was by far the best meal we have had here in Iceland.  We were so full afterwards we walked around the bay and other parts of the city for about 2 hours.

Our flight tomorrow doesn't leave until 4:20 PM so we will have some time to do a little more sight seeing in Reykjavik before we leave.

Its been a great adventure and another thing on our bucket list to cross off.  If you ever have a chance to visit, I highly recommend it, just maybe come in the the summer!