The Tours - I

 The first tour was to a the Snaefellsness Peninsula. It was a very long drive. Since Pumpki and K suffer from travel sickness, they both took some pills to reduce it. The pills made Pumpki extremely groggy. She kept drifting in and out of sleep. She felt annoyed to get down from the car when the tourist spots came up. The driver revelled us with stories about the Northern Lights. He show cased how unpredictable nature can be. He had been on a 7 day long tour chasing Northern Lights. And his entourage has not managed to get any. But then one evening when he was going to drop a group of tourists at the airport, the lights were flashing like disco lights. 

The tour included food. The food I must say was simply amazing! It was wonderfully seasoned with the right amount of spices. My sis and I gorged on the food. K and the kids suffered a bit since they are not so attuned to eating fish. That is why I keep chanting the mantra, eat everything, you never know when you might need to eat what. A dialogue that always reminds me of the book "The life of Pi" where Pi Patel, a lifelong vegeterian had to eat fish. Not that I insist if it is ones religious practice. But if it is not, it is good to have an open palette. I had managed to sneak in some food from the breakfast buffet. The sandwiches really helped. Ah and another thing that helped was my carrying over food from the UK. I had read how famously expensive Iceland was. Also I was not sure of what foods would be available. Especially for the kids. So I had packed a ton of snacks. There was a bag loaded with all sorts of knick knacks which made the day bearable and sustained the kids :) 

 The most endearing factor of day 1 was Pumpki being held closely by Chiyaa as she kept drifting off. Chiyaa was supremely caring as usual of her little sis :) They both are such a joy to behold.