Today seemed the brightest day so far, we could even see the mountains on the other side of the town, which I didn't know were there. Also the roads were clean and mostly dry so we decided to go to Þingeyri. That's the village where the funeral took place on Friday and the family members couldn't get through the mountains unless they followed the plough. Well, we didn't have that problem. But before we headed off to Þingeyri, E mentioned that sometimes seals make appearance in town. I thought she was joking. She drove around a little lagoon just off the fjord and there it was. I couldn't believe it. Just about 30 metres from the road there was a seal lying on the ice. We got out of the car and started taking pictures. I walked riht to the edge of the water and put the tripod up. The seal didn't move. Maybe it was used to attention. Every time a car went by, the seal just watched it.
When I took enough pictures we finally went to explore the other side of the mountains, where we got by driving through a 5km long tunnel. As we got out of the tunnel, the view which openned in front of us was spectacular. 
We drove to one of the fjords and stopped to take more photos. 
Then we continued on our way to Þingeyri with a stop by the church in Mýrar where E wants to get married. It was closed so we couldn't get in but the view from there was fantastic.
Then we finally got to Þingeyri, a small village nesting at the bottom of a mountain range. There really wasn't that much to see, maybe in summer it would be more lively. The surroundings were beautiful though.
When we got back to Ísafjörður we got changed and went to climb a mountain. Well, not to the top of one of the mountains surrounding the town but only the "lady troll's seat" in it. It was still pretty high and rather steep. There was no path and as we were getting closer to the top, it was more rocky and the snow was deeper in places. E gave up about half way up but I was determined to reach the top. After about 40 minutes of hard work I got there. And it was worth it. The view was amazing.
When I took enough pictures we finally went to explore the other side of the mountains, where we got by driving through a 5km long tunnel. As we got out of the tunnel, the view which openned in front of us was spectacular. We drove to one of the fjords and stopped to take more photos. Then we continued on our way to Þingeyri with a stop by the church in Mýrar where E wants to get married. It was closed so we couldn't get in but the view from there was fantastic. Then we finally got to Þingeyri, a small village nesting at the bottom of a mountain range. There really wasn't that much to see, maybe in summer it would be more lively. The surroundings were beautiful though.When we got back to Ísafjörður we got changed and went to climb a mountain. Well, not to the top of one of the mountains surrounding the town but only the "lady troll's seat" in it. It was still pretty high and rather steep. There was no path and as we were getting closer to the top, it was more rocky and the snow was deeper in places. E gave up about half way up but I was determined to reach the top. After about 40 minutes of hard work I got there. And it was worth it. The view was amazing.
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