{"id":369,"date":"2023-11-09T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/?p=369"},"modified":"2023-11-11T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T17:13:11","slug":"day-9-shopping-day-stodvarfjordur-to-egilstaddir-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/09\/day-9-shopping-day-stodvarfjordur-to-egilstaddir-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9 &#8212; Shopping Day (St\u00f6\u00f0varfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to Egilstaddir and Back)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>9 people.  One van.  One hour to Egilstaddir where one woman was dropping a few sculptures at a gallery and someone else was heading to the airport to meet her boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took a walk in the morning, did some more work, and then we spent basically four hours going shopping and coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\t id=\"ngg-slideshow-9625d2ffcd9403c0934003693e267bba-6816069800\"\n     data-gallery-id=\"9625d2ffcd9403c0934003693e267bba\"\n     style=\"max-width: 750px; max-height: 500px;\">\n\n \t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:500px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/day-9\/20231109_171742-scaled.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/day-9\/20231109_171742-scaled.jpg\"\n           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Every other part of Iceland has had clear skies and amazing Aurora displays except the part of the Eastfjords where I am.  And of course, as soon as we came out of the tunnel on the way back the weather was rainy and cloudy again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"As soon as we get out of the tunnel, it rains\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/liJpwXQiE70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoping the weather clears up over the weekend so we can get some good Aurora action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening, I wrote another story.  That&#8217;s nine in nine days.  (Nine first drafts, anyway.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems like riding in a van for hours shouldn&#8217;t be exhausting, but it kind of is.  Oh well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Some clear skies in Eastfjords\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0EicyWXGZW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 people. One van. One hour to Egilstaddir where one woman was dropping a few sculptures at a gallery and someone else was heading to the airport to meet her boyfriend. I took a walk in the morning, did some more work, and then we spent basically four hours going shopping and coming back. 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