Monday, 6 September: We've planned to go to the Westman Islands today, and set off early in the morning. Unfortunately, due to the strong wind the ferry service to the islands is suspended. So we decide to visit the small village of Eyrabakki, which used to be the largest commercial town and the main harbour on the South Coast, instead.
	On the way, the whole area southwest of Eyjafalljökull is covered in ash smog - you can see houses in the near distance but are otherwise surrounded by a thick curtain. Totally strange and eerie. (PS. The smog kept being swept wetwards, and it hit in Reykjavík on Tuesday afternoon. Although it was much more diffused by then, it still left fine dust all over our desktop & our laptop...)
A small organic cafe, standing alone by the sea in Eyrabakki. (Which, unfortunately, is closed.)	According to this information board, it's only 300 metres from Eyrabakki to South Pole :-)
A statue in memory of all the fishermen lost in the sea. (Is that a halibut in his hand?)
	At Húsið ("The House") at Eyrabakki, one of the oldest buildings in Iceland turned into a museum: UsaKousa get thirsty looking at a huge barrel of Brennivín (holding 1320 litres!!) Apparently the booze was given away for free to farmers who were in town to sell their produce, and not only was the barrel always empty at the end of the day - sometimes it had to be re-filled twice a day(!!)
Linda, who looks after the museum, makes us coffee in the old kitchen, among the exhibits, and then goes out to the garden and digs some fresh carrots for Usakousa. What a hospitality!
These are just the right size for Usakousa.	Larger carrots for human consumption - delicious!
UsaKousa with our hostess, Linda, in the house's original kitchen.
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