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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 pr