Day 6 - Our first day in Djupavik

1st Day in Djupavik

Today we ate breakfast at the hotel (not that there was anywhere else to eat!). Djupavik is a tiny little village with the main building being the abandoned factory and then there are only a few other houses and building, including the hotel. It is right by the edge of the bay
. We were told that 'Djupa' means deep and 'vik' means bay. The bay is really deep and one lady said it gets up to 120 metres in places!

We decided to go for a hike in the morning because it was forecasted to rain later. We decided to walk up to the waterfall that lies right above Djupavik. It was a 2 hour walk and very steep at the beginning! There were streams to cross and many interesting rocks to find. It was a really nice hike that we all enjoyed. 

At the top of mountain!

Mommy taking a picture of Ellie and Charlotte at the top!

We found some snow/ice! In summer!

The Herring factory (Mommy and Charlotte in front and Miriam and Ellie walking in background)

We then had lunch at the hotel (some soup). After, we had a tour of the old Herring factory. It was so cool, if not slightly creepy. You could still see the old machines and we saw the generator room, the room where the fish is dried, the room where the fish oil is made, the warehouse and we even got to crawl into a tank that used to contain the fish oil! it was amazing to see! They had many old pictures to show what the factory looked like when it was still in use! We all enjoyed this. They also had an art exhibition set up and we took a look at it. Very interesting art and sculptures/knitted sculptures.

We then went back into the hotel as it was raining and had a bit of down time before dinner where Daddy tried the lamb and said it was one of the best lambs he'd ever tried! Now we are heading to bed soon.

We are ready for another great day in Djupavik tomorrow!

Written by Ellie ;)