{"id":575,"date":"2023-11-17T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2023-11-18T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T17:02:37","slug":"day-17-stodvarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/day-17-stodvarfjordur\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17 — St\u00f6\u00f0varfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once upon a time in the Eastfjords, there was a girl named Petra. The name Petra means “rock” and from an early age, Petra loved rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She would go into the hills and mountains behind St\u00f6\u00f0varfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and collect rocks, often returning with a full rucksack containing as much as 80 pounds of rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Iceland is a volcanic place and rocks have a big history here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps no one outside the scientific area loved rocks as much as Petra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades, she collected rocks and brought them to her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, there were too many rocks inside and they basically had taken over her house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Petra moved the new rocks (and there were always new rocks) out to the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word of her collection spread and for decades people would come to her house and she would gladly show them her collection. She always refused to take money for this service and was happy to share her love of rocks and her glowing collection with people. But eventually, there was a need to care for the house and the collection and Petra and her family started charging admission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n