Hi Ho the Derry-oh, a fjording we will go!

We were up this morning after a solid night's sleep and went to the main building for breakfast.  It was the usual "continental breakfast" with the exception that the bread was fresh-baked, still warm from the oven!  It was full of grains, just the way I like it!  Scandinavian breakfasts also include meat, cheese, and other items to make a sandwich.  Also, muesli and plain (sour) yogurt from what looks like a milk carton as well as  tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.   And several versions of ry-crisp.  They also had a basket with tiny cinnamon rolls and coffee cake.  

Outside of this building is a tiny little chapel, complete with graveyard, so we had to have a look.  Inside it was absolutely a perfect miniature church with pews, a pulpit, alter, loft, and organ!  The organ was a pump organ that you need to use your feet for.  We each had a turn, with Joshua and Shelby doing a duet of Heart and Soul.

The driving part of the day was spent driving along the coastline which included numerous fjords.  the day was slightly overcast, so the scenery was nice, but not breathtaking.  We finally found some small towns and stopped in one about half hour from our hostel to buy food.

 Our hostel is in a picture-perfect little town.  The hostel itself is in two buildings, the old hospital and the new hospital.  We are in the old hospital.  We brought our bags in and were planning to walk around the town, but we were pretty exhausted and hungry.  We went to the dining area and had some bread with nutella and fruit, then went back to our room for a "rest."  Well, soon enough we were all snoring and woke up a few hours later.  When we left to walk around the town, it was drizzling, but we went out anyway sans umbrellas.  We found some beautiful little houses but the little church was already closed.

This is the police and city offices--cute, huh?

Low clouds

Our hostel

The clouds were very low in the sky.  We went back to our hostel to make dinner--tonight was simply spaghetti.  The staff at the hostel had a laptop set up in the hallway (this hostel has a large communal dining area, but no lounge) watching the Icelandic team playing in the World Cup.  Then we used Randy's laptop for a family movie night--we watched Mission Impossible 5.  Good movie--loved Simon Pegg as Benji!!

We could hear some loud cheering when the Icelandic team scored a goal!  One person said that 25,000 people were watching the game--8% of the country's population!  It was a tie, so I'm not sure what that means.