We left the main land, or the island as the Vestmannaeyjaers refer to Iceland, around 0900. The ferry station smelled ripely of fish and stagnation. On Heimaey, we took two hikes and visited a museum.
The first hike included treks up treacherous ladders and rock faces. At the end, there was a clear view of the island and surrounding cliff islands, some of which were occupied by individual houses. Before departing for our second hike, we took a break for ice cream and bathroom stops.
Phoebe, modeling ice cream
The second hike was across town and took us up a newly formed crater? . It was created by the eruption in 1973. The trek up to the hike included traversing through a beautiful field of purple flowers. On top, we discovered vents, in which suresh warmed his nearly 2 litre bag of French fries.
The museum was directly bellow the second hike. It commemorated the 1973 eruption and detailed it's events and subsequent island recovery. Islanders successful attempts to slow the lavas progression with cool water was the first example of such human intervention in an eruption in recorded history.
We had dinner on the island at Gott....which turned out to be well worth missing out on this adorable puffin's Chinese food...
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