First evening, arrived at Keflavik
Windproof shelters, one side is glass.
At the Perlan Museum, Reykjavik
Hofdi House, where Reagan and Gorbachev met in 1986 to end the cold war.
Sun Voyager artwork
The group, 23 in all...
...and the other side of the street.
Sky Lagoon
Windy and cold outside the warm water.
Ahead is the entrance to the 7-step invigorating journey - Lagoon/cold plunge/Sauna/Cold Mist/Salt scrub/Steam Room/Shower
Ahead is the entrance to the 7-step invigorating journey - Lagoon/cold plunge/Sauna/Cold Mist/Salt scrub/Steam Room/Shower
Downtown Reykjavik
Concert Hall/Conference Center
Sheep farm - 4 horns on this one
Snorrastofa museum and Reykholt Church
Snorri Sturluson - 1179-1241 - Author, poet and politician
Snorri Sturluson - 1179-1241 - Author, poet and politician
Snorri
Snorri's pool
Barnafoss waterfall
Layers of porous lava through which the water drains. Nice green farm in the distance.
Deildartunguhver hot springs. The water is piped downhill into Reykjavik to heat the houses driveways etc.
Stykkishólmur harbor, lighthouse island beyond
On the island
Boat trip
A puffin
Bringing up the dredge, time to eat
Freshest scallops ever!
Bjarnarhofn shark museum
Drying shark
Sharks have no kidneys, guess what their flesh tastes like!
From Icelandic Textile Center
Eider ducks
Horse farm
The owner putting his horse through it's paces.
Displaying the different gaits of Icelandic horses.
They have the usual three gaits of horses, walk, trot and canter. They also have two unique gaits, the tolt and the flying pace.
Demonstrating the tolt, a very smooth gait.
Old sod-roofd church (Víðimýrarkirkja)
Glaumbær Farm & Museum
Godafoss waterfall
Myvatn pseudo craters. Found here and on Mars, caused by lava flowing over marchland causing explosive eruptions.
Hverir geothermal area
Dimmuborgir lava field
Dimmuborgir lava field, Lake Myvatn in the background
The group
Whale watching cruise from Hauganes
Hauganes fish factory - drying cod outside restaurant
Fish factory
Greenland shark
Hlíðarfjall Akureyri ski area
Reykjavik Cathedral
North-west of Reykjavik
Eider ducks
Hveradalir Geothermal Area
Four turbines driven by the geothermal steam
Reykholt nursery - flowers for export
Gullfoss Waterfall
Geysir Hot Springs
Slow it down
Thingvellir National Park
Site of the first parliament - around ad930 until 1798