I was woken up at 6:45 this morning from a text. Looking at my phone, it was from my friend Sarah. Yay! Sarah! What a great way to wake up! Chatted with her for about a half-hour before she had to go back to work. Back to sleep for me.
Getting up a hour afterwards, I make breakfast and coffee. Good coffee. My hostess supplied me with all sorts of things! Eggs, milk, juice, bread, ham, fruit, yogurt, and coffee. Made myself a egg and ham toasted sandwich with a banana and grapefruit on the side, with a cup of coffee and a cup of juice. Yum! During breakfast I decided to start planning my trip to Ireland because my three-week time limit I put on myself was coming up. Apparently, there’s no direct flights to Ireland. What?! It’s right there!! I decided to fly to Gatwick then grab a connecting flight to Cork (closes airport to the Blarney Stone), then it hits me. What the heck am I doing? Why don’t I just switch my plans around. Do England first, then Scotland, then Ireland? After coming to that conclusion, I booked a few places that I’ll be staying in the Gatwick area.
After breakfast and planning, I cleaned up, got dressed, and out the door at 10. There was a town to see! Up first there was a big lit-up cross on top of a big hill. I wanted to go there. Once finding the road to take me up there, I begin my ascent up a 65-70 degree hill, I eventually get up there. Once on the top, I find out what the cross was for. It’s not for a church, but for a graveyard. Paying my respects, I walk to the edge of the hill. What a view! I can pretty much see the entire town! Up there with me was a stone pillar with a compass/map metal disc thingy. That’s what I think it was at least.
I begin my trek down hill, much easier than up, cutting down side roads here and there, I find out the town’s businesses are primarily on the main road and everywhere else are houses. Kinda reminds me of Elmvale. Eventually I find another road that goes up a big hill. Part of the reason I went up there was because it was adventure time, the other was because I saw a playground with a bunch of country flags painted on it, one of which was the Canadian flag. Took some pictures and carried on. Continuing onward and up the hill, once to the top I see that this road was about 2km long, all uphill. On the very top was a grocery store. Interesting place to put one. I pop in, get some water and shampoo, I begin my trek downhill.
On my way back to my place, I pop into the liquor store and get myself some drinks . Four beers in my bag, I arrive at my temporary home. Made some lunch (the instant noodles that some Taiwanese people gave me) and did some research on Lake Myvatn, the place that I’m going to next. During my looking, I find the exact area of two Game of Thrones shooting locations. Jon Snow’s cave, and the Wilding camp. YES!! That’s going on the list of things to do, along side with going to the thermal pool.
Dinner time arrives so I order myself a pizza from Ólafshús. Looking at their online menu, I choose their Trukkari pizza. Béarnaise sauce, cheese, ground beef, red onion, mushrooms. I call ahead, place the order, then toss on my jacket and start walking over there. It’s only ten buildings over. Picking it up, going back, grabbing a beer, I begin eating. Boy was it good! Mostly toppings, very little bread, I actually ate more than I had wanted to, and had two more beers. Watched Frozen and Adventure Time during dinner and afterwards. I do the dishes, some laundry, then decided it was bed time.
Time for a new place tomorrow!