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Day 14, in Ísafjörður, was a bright, clear, cool day that found us going to the fishing village of Sudureyri. It was a very picturesque village tucked neatly into the base of a beautiful fjord. We spent some time walking around, learning about their approach to sustainable fishing. We sampled some food (fish cake, dried haddock, and smoked salmon) and it was great. The dried haddock was surprising. The guide said that they eat the dried fish as a snack (with a little butter on it) while watching TV. After tasting it, I can certainly see how that could be true.

On the way to the village, we had a unique experience, at least for this former practicing civil engineer. We entered a tunnel to go to Sudureyri and then found an intersection in the middle of the tunnel. An intersection! We slowed and took a hard right turn to continue our journey. The guide said that there are only about 10 tunnels in the world with intersections. After we made the turn, the road became a single lane with occasional pull-out spots. The convention is that those cars head to Ísafjörður have the right of way because they may be heading to the only hospital in the regionl

Tomorrow we land in Reykjavik where we will be overnight before this cruise comes to a close on Sunday morning. But, we are staying on to reverse the trip around Iceland (yep, visiting the exact same cities in reverse) and head to Dublin.