A Beautiful day in Grundarfjordur

We arrived at this port with sunny skies and a prediction of temperatures in the high 50s. Grundarfjordur is a small village located at the end of a fjord on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The town is surrounded by mountains and has about 870 in population. The mountains even block the sun from mid November to mid January. When the sun reappears they have a huge party. The prime industry is fishing and the processing of the fish. Approximately 30% of the population is made up of immigrants from Venezuela. They came to avoid the persecution they faced, and to seek asylum.

The French fished in this area from the 1700s to 1900s and one of the main streets is named for the sister town in France, Paimpol.

The are 112 words for wind in Iceland and the town has a unique sculpture to show this. The sculpture goes from the lightest wind to the most severe. The word for hurricane was fourth from the top – Fellibylur.

The town is famous for Kirkjufell, which means the church mountain. It is free standing and very large. It was featured in Game of Thrones and known as arrowhead in that program. It is often called the most photographed mountain in Iceland, due to the variety of different ways you can shoot it, and how different it appears under different light conditions.

Our main purpose was to hike to the waterfall whose name was not given. We walked through some forested area and then down and up and down a rocky path to the waterfall. The total round trip was about 6 miles.

It was an exhausting but rewarding day, and we earned our glass of wine with dinner.