Day 6
Wren was a super good sport about all of the things we took her on while on vacation. It seemed like we should do one thing that was something that we thought she would really enjoy so we took her to the Reykjavik petting zoo. It was all animals that could be found in Iceland so mostly farm animals. Iceland was a little bit like New Zealand in that it was mostly an island of birds. Unlike New Zealand which had no mammals, Iceland had a few smaller mammals including an arctic fox. However, this meant that most of the animals in the petting zoo were farm animals. Wren LOVED it!
You couldn't pet the seals but they kept swimming past us and looking at Wren and making faces at her. She loved them and the more she giggled at them, the more they came by. She was grabbing on to the edge of the rail and shaking with happiness.
The is telling her papa CHICKENS!!!
Reindeer which are not native to Iceland but there are a bunch that live there in the wild. They were introduced by vikings.
This cow was super friendly, a little too friendly and Wren loved it. He kept licking my jacket.
Sheep.
More Icelandic horses.
We finished off the day with a little more shopping and a fantastic Icelandic tasting menu. 7 courses which included puffin, whale, lamb and several types of fish. The dessert included Skyr which is an Icelandic yogurt which is amazing. We at a ton of it while we were there. It is super creamy and delicious and fairly high in protein and low in fat. I wold eat it for lunch all the time if I could find it in Boise. Its even better with ice cream and berries as in the pic below.
This fish was served on a big block of salt. It was really pretty cool.
Lamb.
Skyr.
Icelandic food (from what Jeff and I could tell) is a lot of protein, yogurt and bread. The climate is so harsh and summers so short that vegetables have to be grown in greenhouses or imported. Heating green houses is done with geothermal so it's not as big of a deal as it would be in some counties but there were not a lot of vegetables or fruit in general with the food. Lots of fish and lamb. They have really good bread. It was slightly darker and sweeter. Breakfasts were very European, bread, meat, cheese type breakfasts. It was a very delicious vacation!
We finished off the day with a little more shopping and a fantastic Icelandic tasting menu. 7 courses which included puffin, whale, lamb and several types of fish. The dessert included Skyr which is an Icelandic yogurt which is amazing. We at a ton of it while we were there. It is super creamy and delicious and fairly high in protein and low in fat. I wold eat it for lunch all the time if I could find it in Boise. Its even better with ice cream and berries as in the pic below.
Icelandic food (from what Jeff and I could tell) is a lot of protein, yogurt and bread. The climate is so harsh and summers so short that vegetables have to be grown in greenhouses or imported. Heating green houses is done with geothermal so it's not as big of a deal as it would be in some counties but there were not a lot of vegetables or fruit in general with the food. Lots of fish and lamb. They have really good bread. It was slightly darker and sweeter. Breakfasts were very European, bread, meat, cheese type breakfasts. It was a very delicious vacation!
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