We had been looking forward to meeting the Icelandic Horses since booking this trip. We had two experiences with them on day 6. First at a small farm run by Magnus where we got to visit some of his 65 horses and had our introduction to Five Gaited horses.

Also I had the opportunity to sit on a horse. Unlike my time on Galopan I really didn’t need the mounting block, these horses are short.

Magnus also is a singer composer and entertained us with several songs including “Creme Cheese Cake” for which he is famous, in Iceland at any rate.

From there we went to another horse farm where we we were to spend the night. Included in the display of the horses ability we were to plant trees for an OAT project as part of the farms extensive government subsidized tree planting. The climb to the land where we were to plant was substantial and a car was provided for those unable to make it. I have no pictures of the climb, all my energy went into the climb and Carol stayed right me all the way to the top! Our new friends were thrilled to see her spunk and I was in tears. To celebrate I bought a round for the group at Happy hour. 

I do have video of the horses performing, but I am too tired to edit and post tonight. Well here is one video of the special walking gait

Today, Day 7 was a long drive to Akureryri with a couple of stops along the way. The most interesting were the Herring Museum and Folk Music Center in Siglufjorour (that is spelled correctly). Herring was the gold of this coast  until it left. and the museum is fascinating and the guide, Daniel, was excellent. I really wanted at least another hour there but we needed to get back on the bus to make our dinner schedule.