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And yet some more old stuff seen in Djúpivogur. I missed the icebergs...
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Two old Singer Sewing machines seen in a museum in Djúpivogur, Iceland. And the part of one that is holding up my desk at home. I also have one holding up a table in Gloucester.


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Walking about Djúpivogur, a port on the southeast side of Iceland.

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Wandering thorough the Technical Museum in Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) I saw a bunch of old telephone equipment.

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We then (Aug 5) went to the Seyðisfjörður Technical Museum which had a great collection of old stuff.

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We wandered around in the Siglufjördur Herring Era Museum. It is huge with many different exhibitions. It has various artifacts such as model boats, old electronics, and other weird things (the latter is what always intrigues me).

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I like browsing through collections of old stuff seen in museums and historical collections in old houses. Here is some from one of the first of many we saw.

(Sometimes I think I could turn parts of our house into such a collection.)


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One of the museums in Reykjavik we visited was the Phallological Museum. It is a collection of phallic specimens from many mammals (209 specimens from 46 species of mammals)- plus some humor. And yes, it is also called the Penis Museum.


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After resting a bit in our hotel room to help recover from jetlag we started walking around Ryekjavik. We had flown over a day before the cruise was supposed to start - conveniently we were able to get into our hotel room at 7:30 am.

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