GREEN HOUSES

KWho would have thought green house explorations would be so interesting! Iceland grows MOST of all their veggies all year round in wonderful modern greenhouses. The little town we were staying in, Fludir, is primarily a town built around this production. Everyone in Iceland seems to be employed! We met a very energetic woman whose family owns many many greenhouses in the area and she ushered us into her world.  Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots...and mushrooms. All organic and grown with the use of their wonderful heating and lighting, which is practically free in this land. We learned so much it would take pages and pages of description. But is WAS FUN, and we ended up in their newly opened restaurant for the most wonderful mushroom soup ever! And breads, and carrot cake...all from their own products.

We went back to our very modern hotel, grabbed our swimming suit and went about 3 min to the Secret Lagoon....probably one of the oldest hot thermal pools in Iceland.
Icelanders use these pools all the time...no matter the weather. One leaves shoes and boots in a common room, then goes into men or women's showers, disrobes, showers and walks outdoor a few steps and slips into the most wonderful hot pool with volcanic sand on the bottom. We stayed until we were toasted...or boiled..ha..then , feeling very mellow and refreshed...got back to the hotel for a happy hour in our own room.