{"id":28820,"date":"2022-07-16T04:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28820"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:39:05","slug":"seydisfjordur-iceland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28820","title":{"rendered":"Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 14th July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 155 kms from Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: <\/b>Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/strong>, Isk3800, N65.7580, W14.82610<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 51 days @ \u20ac93 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our time in the Faroes done we load the Hymer back into the cargo hold of the MS Norrona, there are perhaps another 100 motorhomes or more in there, so the Hymer has company. Once settled in the cabin we walk the Norrona taking a last look at T\u00f3rshavn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s a 911 Mercedes, I drove a tanker version of the same model in the late 80\u2019s chasing kids around Doonside and Blacktown after school was out. Its was a conventionally asperated underpowered shit box back then and seeing the black smoke belching from this one nothing has changed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first two hours of our cruise to Iceland was beautiful as the Norrona negotiated its way through the Faroe Islands heading north-west. But once we entered the open North Atlantic the remainder of the crossing was rough as the Norrona rocked up and down for most of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some stage in the early hours the seas dropped and everyone got some sleep. Around 8am the Norrona enters the 17km long fjord that ends in Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. It\u2019s a panoramic vista of mountains, waterfalls and ice caps in the distance. It\u2019s much colder than the Faroes is my first impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in the Hymer we wait our turn to roll of the Norrona into Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. We find a park easily enough have a much needed coffee and toast. That done we have a wander around before finding a supermarket for some essentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should explain, the blurb from Symril Line (the ferry operator) states that motorhome fridges must be turned off during the passage. So rather than risk a fridge full of food going off we kept it to a minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a few snaps of Rainbow Street and Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur\u2018s Blue Church we roll out of town to start our Icelandic adventure. Egilssta\u00f0ir is our first planned stop but we spot a waterfall on the way and take a picture. Iceland is like Norway, if you stop at every waterfall you\u2019ll never get anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We continue on the 36 kms to Egilssta\u00f0ir. Being a much larger town we head straight for a phone shop and purchase a couple of sims. Job done we set the GPS once again this time Borarfj\u00f6rdur Eystri. Our guide book states it has a large puffin colony and 70kms seems reasonable. Twenty klm on, the road has been dug up for some major refurbishment so we struggle on for 5kms of shaking the Hymer before we decide stuff the puffins and turn back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we return to Egilssta\u00f0ir have lunch and decide on plan B. The North-East Circuit is recommended in our guide book and our intended route, we\u2019ll just do it a day earlier. We drive highway #1 for some 50 kms before turning north for Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a> has a simple campsite overlooking the town. The view somewhat spoilt by the fishmeal factory, the town\u2019s largest employer. Apparently the town is a famous salmon fishing destination for the wealthy. As usual we walk the village and take in the sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s been a longer day than we originally intended, following what could have been a better night\u2019s sleep on the Norrona. Anyway we are in Iceland, ticking another one off the bucket list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 14th July 2022 Travelled: 155 kms from Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur  Visited: Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Stayed: Camping Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Isk3800, N65.7580, W14.82610\u00a0 Budget: 51 days @ \u20ac93 per day Our time in the Faroes done we load the Hymer back into the cargo hold of the MS Norrona, there are perhaps another 100 motorhomes or more in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[144],"class_list":{"0":"post-28820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iceland","8":"tag-iceland","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28820"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30796,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28820\/revisions\/30796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}