Reykjavik, Iceland

Hubby knew how much I wanted to visit a yarn shop and so when I woke up in our little studio apartment he already had a shop all scoped out. Soon we were on our way to Storkurinn in downtown Reykjavik....

Much of the yarn was something I could buy at my hometown yarn shop but I found buttons for my Lopi Icelandic sweater (soon to be knit),  Lopi yarn for mittens and a mitten book which will keep me busy!

After our visit to the yarn shop, where Hubby was the best yarn husband and relaxed in a chair by the front door, we went to the Viking museum in old Reykjavik. The tenth century Viking longhouse was found in 2001 and is the oldest human made structure in Reykjavik.

In the afternoon we drove thirty minutes outside of Reykjavik to the Raufarholshellir Lava Tube. This lava tunnel was formed over 5,000 years ago. It is 4,500 feet long and is the fourth longest in Iceland. It is privately owned and was closed 2016 due to vandalism and garbage accumulation in the tube. A private company was able to re-open the tube after clearing out over 7,000 metric tons of garbage and promising only guided tours would be given.

This tunnel is made up of iron, basalt and water. NASA scientists have come to study its makeup because it it exactly the composition of Mars.

There is also bacteria living on the walls which a doctor is currently studying as he thinks it may be the next penicillin.

Recently ancient human remains were discovered in a lava tube which predates man's arrival on Iceland in 870AD.