I bought a postcard to send home. The souvenir stores mostly sold moss, volcanic rocks and glacial water. If I had known that I would have brought some while hiking. While I was eating a guy enthusiastically came up to me to say hi. At first I didn't recognize him but then I realized it was the Israeli hiker I had met two weeks ago among the mosquitoes. The other one had gone home, but he now was traveling with two other friends. They had been hitchhiking along the southern coast. He would fly home in a few days but his friends would stay for another month. They had hitchhiked the golden circle, which is the loop of Pingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss. Thibaut arrived a bit later, he apparently had met the Israeli guy as well.

He asked what they thought of the golden circle and they all replied it sucked. It was actually pretty nice, but there were way too many tourists and everything was landscaped. The Israeli had been hiking alone for 3 days so we talked about what it was like to hike solo. He pointed out that it was actually because of Bart's girlfriend that I had gone hiking alone. I guess that is true, but if I would have had the choice then I would still have prefered to go alone. I passed a flea market where they sold a typical Icelandic dish: dried fish. Those were fish that were beaten flat and then dried for ages, they tasted exactly as you would expect. After a small bite I had enough.

The whale watching excursion started with a small exhibition of whale bones. According to the brochure it was nearly 100% sure we would see small dolphin type whales and 89% sure we would see 10 meter long Minke whales. There were also larger ones but those where less common.