another day dedicated to covering distance. so there are only this day not much happened. we got up, had breakfast, checked out from the hostel, put our stuff into the car, had a look at the area[01-04] around the hostel (since it was dark when we arrived the day before). the huge ferry[05] was still there. then we drove on southwards (since we arrived at the eastern part of iceland). we stopped at a beach[06-16] which we thought would be as pretty as all the other ones we've seen so far. but unfortunately this one was pretty dirty[12-13]. so we drove on, came by a house with loads of garden gnomes[17] in the front yard, a huge metal factory[19], and cafe "margret" [23-24] where ninsti had a greek salad and cake, and i had a coffee and also delicious cake - nomnom. also the interior was very exquisite. the owner was a german lady which we had a nice talk with. then we drove on to berunes where we decided to stay at a HI hostel this night. they had a lovely tomcat[25-28] there with really huge paws, always purring, always looking for someone to pet him. in that case, that someone was us - meow. also there was a little church[29-31] and a cemetery[29-30,32-33] right next to the hostel. since there was still bright sunlight, we went down to the nearby beach[34-57]. we found a wonderful place[48-54] underneath the cliffs where there was total silence. no sound of wind, no sound of the sea - nothing. very impressive. also, as it was totally windless, it was pretty warm. ah, and we saw another cute troll[51].