{"id":13623,"date":"2015-07-15T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=13623"},"modified":"2015-08-13T22:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:18:09","slug":"sunny-times-in-nautholsvik-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/sunny-times-in-nautholsvik-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Times in Nauth\u00f3lsv\u00edk Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Hopeless catch up resumes. This is from 15 July, although it&#8217;s 26 July 2015 right now.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>We had a Wednesday date with Elsa and her daughter at the Nauth\u00f3lsv\u00edk geothermal beach. \u00a0The weather forecast was iffy, and there were rain-clouds visible here and there, but as we arrived the sun came out and mostly stayed out.<\/p>\n<p>We were super lucky in that it was low tide, so the ocean &#8220;pool&#8221; was only getting water from the hot tub by it, so it was unusually warm. \u00a0As we were leaving a couple of hours later, the sea had risen far enough to start &#8216;watering&#8217; the pool again, chilling it down. (11 images total)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_13624\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13624\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg\" alt=\"Awesome!  The water was pleasantly not freezing, and the sun was warm.  I doubt we'll ever be so lucky again! \" width=\"494\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg 494w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425-450x601.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome! The water was pleasantly not freezing, and the sun was warm. I doubt we&#8217;ll ever be so lucky again!<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13626\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13626\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13626\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451.jpg\" alt=\"The water level when we arrived.  That hot tub is not very hot, more like a pleasant bathtub, but the overrun feeds the &quot;ocean&quot; part below it.\" width=\"660\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133451-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The water level when we arrived. That hot tub is not very hot, more like a pleasant bathtub, but the overrun feeds the &#8220;ocean&#8221; part below it, warming it up.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13627\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13627\" class=\"wp-image-13627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150715_133504\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_133504-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma ready for action! She&#8217;s mastered floating with her flotation devices, it&#8217;s adorable!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13628\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141358-EFFECTS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13628\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141358-EFFECTS.jpg\" alt=\"Nifty auto-editing by Google.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141358-EFFECTS.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141358-EFFECTS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141358-EFFECTS-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nifty auto-editing by Google.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13629\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13629\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13629\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212.jpg\" alt=\"Anna opted to read up on the beach, and once we'd had enough, Emma ate a snack by her.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_152212-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna opted to read up on the beach, and once we&#8217;d had enough, Emma ate a snack by her.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13630\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13630\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13630\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142.jpg\" alt=\"Everybody also got some ice cream!  The amount of ice cream that's been devoured lately is staggering!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154142-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everybody also got some ice cream! The amount of ice cream that&#8217;s been devoured lately is staggering!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13631\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13631\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13631\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156.jpg\" alt=\"The view from the top of the stairs.  By that point, the tide had risen enough to start flowing into the ocean-pool.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154156-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the top of the stairs. By that point, the tide had risen enough to start flowing into the ocean-pool.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13632\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13632\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13632\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246.jpg\" alt=\"The proper hot tub.  It's very good to warm up there after getting a good chill down by the sea.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_154246-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proper hot tub. It&#8217;s very good to warm up there after getting a good chill down by the sea.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13635\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13635\" class=\"wp-image-13635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202.jpg\" alt=\"Panorama image of the beach, from the top of the steps.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202-1024x179.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202-450x79.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PANO_20150715_154202-600x105.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panorama image of the beach, from the top of the steps.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13633\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_164232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13633\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13633\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_164232.jpg\" alt=\"We drove Emma home to nap a bit, and then went to the main city library.  It was not quiet at all, with a whole brass band playing a concert!\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_164232.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_164232-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_164232-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We drove Emma home to nap a bit, and then went to the main city library. It was not quiet at all, with a whole brass band playing a concert!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13634\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13634\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13634\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210.jpg\" alt=\"As is our habit by now, we ended up at the book cafe diagonally opposite to the library.  It's such a nice cafe, with books and random pretty and colorful things everywhere! :)\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_172210-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As is our habit by now, we ended up at the book cafe diagonally opposite to the library. It&#8217;s such a nice cafe, with books and random pretty and colorful things everywhere! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Hopeless catch up resumes. This is from 15 July, although it&#8217;s 26 July 2015 right now.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>We had a Wednesday date with Elsa and her daughter at the Nauth\u00f3lsv\u00edk geothermal beach. \u00a0The weather forecast was iffy, and there were rain-clouds visible here and there, but as we arrived the sun came out and mostly stayed out.<\/p>\n<p>We were super lucky in that it was low tide, so the ocean &#8220;pool&#8221; was only getting water from the hot tub by it, so it was unusually warm. \u00a0As we were leaving a couple of hours later, the sea had risen far enough to start &#8216;watering&#8217; the pool again, chilling it down. (11 images total)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13624\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13624\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg\" alt=\"Awesome!  The water was pleasantly not freezing, and the sun was warm.  I doubt we'll ever be so lucky again! \" width=\"494\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425.jpg 494w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150715_141425-450x601.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome! The water was pleasantly not freezing, and the sun was warm. I doubt we&#8217;ll ever be so lucky again!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/sunny-times-in-nautholsvik-beach\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13638,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623\/revisions\/13638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}