Iceland - residency

A few days after arriving in Reykjavik, I took the journey up to Ólafsfjordur in the North of Iceland.

I will be here until the end of September staying at the Listhús. http://www.listhus.com/

The first few days spent taking in the tourist sights from a tour of the "Golden Circle" - an easily accessible tour of some of the major sights near the Reykjavik area. A visit to a geo-thermal plant above.

Mining in a crater.

Signs

Pure, clear, Icelandic water from near the fault line of the meeting of the North American and Eurasian Plates.

The journey up to Ólafsfjördur in the north involved taking a flight to Ayureyri first. Although the flight was due to leave at 5:30pm, people were still checking in moments before - so laid back, although luckily for them the flight was delayed. There has been some unseasonably bad weather in Iceland over the last few days with storms and fresh snow already.
After arriving, a short journey into the centre of Akureyri from the airport, to catch the last of 3 daily buses up to Ólafsfjördur. I was the only passenger on this 45 min bus ride which took us through a tunnel called Múlagöng. Similar to something out of a film set, this is a single lane tunnel which has small passing places to make way for traffic in the other direction. It is only 640m long, but feels like twice as much until you emerge on the other side, just above Ólafsfjördur.
With everything misty and wet from the rain, there was little chance to see my new surroundings for this month, but by the next morning things had cleared up to get a better idea of the area around my home from home.