Our last day in Iceland
We left our accommodation at the Borgarnes HI Hostel after breakfast this morning.
It is hard to believe that this is our last day in Iceland. Although we always knew that we had a full itinerary planned for this trip, it has been great. We managed to see all the sights and places we wanted to see.
Today we had one planned activity, as we had to be at the Keflavík airport just after 2pm to return our car. By the way, if any of you following our blog are intending to visit Iceland in the near future, I would recommend hiring a 4WD to do this adventure. I can also recommend the Blue Car rental company. Our car was a Kia Sportage 4WD, a nice medium size car.
Our stop for today was the Viking Museum, which is very close to Keflavík airport. This museum has a lot of information about the Vikings and their travels, with a focus on Leifur Eiriksson and his landing in North America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
The centrepiece of the museum is the Islendingur, a replica Viking boat, which was built in Iceland and sailed to New York in 2000, in commemoration of Eiriksson’s voyage 1000 years ago. You can walk on to the boat and imagine what it was like to be sailing on a boat like that so many years ago.
Another great end to our time in Iceland.