… Oh, I just did! Vegetarians and vegans look away now, if you have the energy.

Forretta Barinn is a bar & restaurant that just happens to be across the road from my hotel. Not wanting the last evening in Reykjavik to be too exerting it seemed worth checking out a light bite off the menu.

And there to my pleasant surprise was a Grand Appetizer of fillet of horse. Not having previously attempted the challenge of eating a horse, I was in need of something special to accompany a couple of glasses of a Rioja Reserva; and Dobbin abides (as the Dude might say).

A cross between roast beef and venison in flavour, this turned out to be an inspired choice.

Crisp roast potato and brocolli added to a very satisfying but not over indulgent last supper.

Just the right end to a day of whale watching, both on the local bay and life-sized models in the Whales of Iceland museum.

Until we speak again, I can report that Icelanders have greatly reduced their consumption of whale meat. They now see these wonderful creatures as part of a tourist industry, not for industrial slaughter.