Stykkish is oddly shaped and seems to stick out into the sea in ten different directions. We explored a new neighborhood today where many houses have a beautiful view of the fjord and the mountains beyond. Most are small and we saw only two with a garage. But they are well kept and usually have white lace curtains showing in the kitchen windows. I don't remember seeing any trees, but they are nicely landscaped with some plants I recognize like lupines, roses and maybe potentillas. We've gotten used to the treeless landscape and once when we were driving past a grove that had been planted alongside the road I complained about the dang trees blocking my view of the mountains.
We went down to the harbor where there were probably 50 or 60 fishing boats of all sizes. There wasn't much activity right then--just the ferry getting ready to go across the fjord. G found a beautiful yacht called the Valtyr. It's shaped like a Viking longship but G says it's more like a modern work of art with kinship to the ancient Viking ships. The builder of the boat had his website posted on the ship. When we got back to the hotel we looked up the website-- www.langskip.com. Turns out the ship was made right here in Stykkish. P, J, and S, if you look up that site it will show you in detail how the ship was built.
We went again to the Nesbraud for lunch. This was our third day to enjoy their soup and bread. We usually get two kleinur to go but today we got astra pungur which means " love balls." It's a fried ball of dough with raisins. Pretty good.
Supper was at the Skavarpakkhusith which turned out to be as good or better than the Narfeyrarstofa. (They must sit around all through their long gray winter thinking up these names just to amuse foreigners). I had very tasty fish soup and G had mussels.
Here's a picture of the Valtyr in Stykkish's harbor.
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