Another fabulous breakfast which included cod liver oil. Apparently they drink it regularly in Iceland for good health. And seeing as they have a top ranked longevity of life, maybe it's a reason. I am game to try everything. But this,I will never partake again. UGH!
Time to leave this small town of Djupivogur on a Sunday morning. All is quiet. Also, time to fill up the gas tank with diesel gas (most rent cars are diesel). There are many gas "dispensaries" which are free-standing and only take credit cards. So, pulled up to one. There was a green handle and a black handle NOT MARKED (we discovered soon that was the ONLY pump we ever came across that was not vividly marked) so out of instinct, Dave reached for the green handle to put in what he assumed was diesel. About a quarter mile down the road, the car started lurching badly and I asked "Did you put in diesel?". "Yes, of course" Dave said. But, well, we couldn't go on so we lurched and jerked back to the gas pump.
There, around on the side of the pump was a little sticker.
And I mean little.
Black =diesel
When we called the rental car agency, they didn't seem too surprised. (I have since found that this has happened to many people.) But they warned us: help might be quite far away. And it is Sunday morning. We lurched back to the Inn so I could use the bathroom (always use a bathroom when there's one available). Dave told the Inn-keepers what was going on, they immediately called the local mechanic. Believe it or not, he met us at his garage within 15 minutes. But it was going to cost $270 cash. Little village. Sunday morning. I had $20 in cash. No worries. There was a little bank with an indoor accessible-at-all-times ATM machine just one block down the road. ( Now we are almost wondering if this is all a set up!) But we are grateful to the mechanic and while he drained the gas from the car, I wandered around and took pics of this little fishing village
A rock artist selling a really nice array of rock sculptures
The light house. There are hundreds of lighthouses in Iceland and many are bright orange, red or yellow.
Hmm. Wonder what this was.
It is wet much of the time in Iceland (my own personal observation).
Lichen grow everywhere in many colors, almost flower-like.
A very famous artist made this egg sculpture display that represents the eggs of all the large birds in Iceland.
Due to the fog, we couldn't see the famous mountain protecting the city.
Very Fuji like
Only 500 yards from our Inn was the mechanic's shop.
The car in the back did not inspire confidence but he got the job done and we were on our way just thankful to only be delayed by 3 hours, not a whole day.
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