Our guide took us on a walk through town to a section of the newly formed area (volcano lava flow). This sign is marking the area where this named street is buried.
Generally, the weather has been wonderful; light jacket weather. But, when we went to the harbor first thing in the morning, some people were a tad cold!
This is a reproduction of a Viking house with the animal's dwelling connected to the left side with a pass through. There were usually many people living in each house.
This is the inside of the dwelling; the side for the people. The center on the floor is where the fire would be built.
This is a picture from the 1973 volcano eruption. We took this at the Eldheimar Museum.
The museum was built to house a home that was covered by the volcano, and was recently excavated. The home was left in its original location; the museum was built around it.
This is another view of the same house. Posts were added to brace the ceiling and walls. As we walked around the home, we could see personal belongings that were uncovered and still there.
This is a home next to the fully excavated home. You can see by the car on the road above how deep some of the homes were buried.
Hope ya'll had a good stroll down Njardarstigur street.
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