Journey to Höfn

Up for the Eagle Air flight, with a mixture of excitement and trepidation at going on what would be a smaller plane than we were used to. Turned out to be a British Aerospace Jetstream 32, and if anything the flight was sufficiently smooth to be something of an anti-climax. Nice views on the approach to Höfn though:

The airport is about 7km outside of Höfn. We called a taxi from the airport, which arrived quite promptly, and took us into Höfn for about 1400 ISK (around 8.80 GBP). After leaving our luggage at the guesthouse, we walked towards the harbour, and then out onto Ósland, a promontory that forms part of the natural protection of the harbour. Some great views from there of the glacier, and so peaceful (apart from the sea birds that seemed to take exception to us walking along a particular stretch of the road - or perhaps they were just hoping to be fed).

Interested to see on the Iceland Meteorlogical Office website tonight that there have been 22 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater in the last 24 hours! Perhaps we'll get a bit better acquainted with this when we go to the mid-Atlantic rift later in the week!