{"id":28849,"date":"2022-07-17T03:42:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28849"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:37:09","slug":"porshofn-iceland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28849","title":{"rendered":"P\u00f3rsh\u00f6fn, Iceland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8  2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: 15th July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: 110 kms from Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to P\u00f3rsh\u00f6fn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited:&nbsp;Bustarfell, Sel\u00e1rdalslaug and P\u00f3rsh\u00f6fn <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: Camping&nbsp;P\u00f3rsh\u00f6fn, Isk2800, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/7SXt9ncvxpE9pZLfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N66.19860, W15.32840&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: 51 days @ \u20ac92 per da<\/strong>y<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I wake to sun shining on the Hymer, I look at the time and it\u2019s 4am.  Looking outside there are two campers that hadn\u2019t arrived by the time we were asleep last night.  Must have been a good sleep, I didn\u2019t hear a thing. Mind you I had already been asleep for 7 hours by then.  Looking out the window again I see the sun is high above the horizon. It\u2019s cold out of bed so back for a nap seems the sensible option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heater and coffee machine go on at 7am and the day gets started. After coffee Pam and I go for a second walk around town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FD09DE85-7966-4AA1-B85E-02BD9128BDF9-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Looking around Vopnafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41-Nms3b1Bw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Our guide book recommend visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumguide.is\/bustarfell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bustarfell Museum<\/a>.  We passed the turn for it yesterday but we were just too tired to do it justice.  So once the Hymer is ready for the road we backtrack 15 kms to Hofs\u00e1rdalar and the museum. It\u2019s a picturesque drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"28852\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/72AA4435-1C5C-4A23-90BF-E632BF4593E6-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"28851\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A9E9AF3-ED08-4D51-A2F6-EFF6832C763A-1320x990.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/E8CB6BCC-A23D-4B5E-9CBD-E5673BA0BBED-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We pay the princely entry fee of Isk1300 pp (A$12) and start exploring.  The farm was purchase in 1532 and owned continuously by the Bustarfell family until it was sold to the State in 1943 on condition it was preserved as a museum.  Mind you it was burnt to the ground in 1770 and subsequently rebuilt, so it\u2019s not the original 1532 version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/81A0F6F4-668E-4405-8495-B095DB62AAC8-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"28855\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/81A0F6F4-668E-4405-8495-B095DB62AAC8-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/81A0F6F4-668E-4405-8495-B095DB62AAC8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, 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src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/980960CE-9B19-49D4-9920-B81A02B4A593-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, 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Sel\u00e1rdalslaug is a thermal pool and as you may already know, Iceland is famous for its thermal pools.  So we pay Isk330 pp (senior\u2019s rate) and venture in like a local.  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There is also large spa set at 40\u00b0 which just sucks the energy out of you.  Lastly there\u2019s a plunge tub where fresh water from the adjoining stream is pumped through continuously, that\u2019s 4\u00b0 today and obviously intended to cause a heart attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an hour or so its either move on or have a nap in the car-park.  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