Our morning
started with trimming up our room with birthday bunting and Ali wearing her
birthday badge to open her cards and gifts. Breakfast in a bakery down the road
for coffee and cakes. Ali planned her whole birthday. We started at Kjarnaskogur,
a lovely forest for a walk. Cross country skiers passed us, as we walked
through the snowy forest full of Christmas trees. We were nowhere near the path
we thought we were on, but luckily we found our way back, via the playground
for a bit of a swing. The paths have street lights which is unusual and wouldn’t
happen in the UK.
We went to the
rendez vous for our skimobile tour but alas because of the wind today, it
couldn’t go ahead. This is the second time this has happened, the last time was
the day after the wedding. Sometimes, it’s just not meant to be. We may try again
tomorrow. Instead, we went back to the museum we visited and got rushed out of
yesterday. We bought a book and was allowed to look around the rest of the
exhibits that we missed. We walked around the Akureyri exhibit, talking about
local light, fishing and had a dressing up box. We wouldn’t resist.
Needing a
sugar rush, we then ventured to a local ice cream parlour which uses milk
instead of cream, so it must be healthy. Maybe without the hot caramel sauce
that we added on the top of chocolate ice cream. We then went to the Christmas
House, which has Christmas all year around. It’s rather strange to go into a
house with a real fire, Christmas songs and Christmas decorations everywhere.
It was strangely lovely and cheery. Santa’s coat was on the line outside and
there was a miniature elf house in the garden.
Soon the be
going out for Ali’s birthday dinner and off to taste local beers in a local
brewery. 
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