A Lundar lass celebrates her one hundredth birthdayVisitors to Hofsós thrilled by celebration
A wide variety of speakers and many divers entertainments were on offer
On the afternoon of June 6th, a crowd gathered in Hofsós in Northern Iceland witnessed a unique sight - standard bearers mounted on Icelandic horses escorted two large tour busses down the steep incline leading to the old village centre, now home to the Icelandic Emigration Centre.
Aboard the busses were 100 visitors from across North America, under the guidance of tour organizer Jónas Þór.
Waiting to greet these visitors was Valgeir Thorvaldsson, founder of the centre which commemorates the story and memory of some 20,000 Icelandic emigrants who sailed westward during the 40 years between 1870 and 1910.
