Travel ready with this 220V blender from Kate and Dan in London for Dave's soft/liquid diet due to dental work. As it happened, there was plenty of soft food for lunch and dinner. (Teresa told us) Arctic Char, risotto, mashed potatoes, mushroom soup, etc. We drank beer all week as delicous beer is made in Iceland.
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| Our friend Craig Haberle led the trip for 14 guests sponsored by Central PA AAA. Ever patient and explicit, we enjoy having him as our US guide. We have been to London and Scotland with him. |
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At Flyover Iceland we met our first troll. Wraparound screen and motion seating, simulated flight over mountains, fjords and glaciers. www.flyovericeland.com
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| The Children's Waterfall. A sad myth accompanies it. |
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Krauma Hot Springs where we spent an afternoon
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| 10th century pool of historiographer Snorri Sturluson |
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| Tunnel to the church |
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| Snorri's pool where he hung out with friends. 1178-1241. |
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| Our Icelandic guide, Stefan Johannson, telling us about this Viking warrior, Skalla-Grims Augur. Stephan told us about trolls and elves, the hidden people who live in uninhabitable highlands. |
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| Sunrise at 10 a.m. at a lake en route to Thingvellir Park |
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| Walk through the tectonic plate separatng Europe and America |
The Underground Bakery
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| Bread buried yesterday was dug out in a steel pot wrapped in plastic |
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| Unwrapped |
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| Ready to eat |
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| Icelandic rye bread at geothermal bakery. Warm with smoked trout and/or butter. |
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| GEYSIR - Strokkur |
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| It spouts every 3-4 minutes |
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| That's it. |
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| Susan meets Odin, namesake of her grandfather Odin Odegard. Other Old Norse mythological gods are Thor and Loki. They came to Iceland during the Viking Age when the island was settled by Norwegian farmers looking for new pastures. |
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| The big waterfall - Gullfoss. Cold and windy standing on the walkway. It was a short look. |
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| We stopped for a drink from the clean waterfall |
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| Our first look at E15 - Eyjafjallajokull. Erupted in 2010 distrupting air travel in Europe. |
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| E15 |
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| Reynisfjara Beach - black sand, an iconic film location. I'm bracing myself against the wind. |
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The next day we went to the top of that very windy point in the distance
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| Sea stacks and shivering tourists |
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| Sneaker waves are a danger |
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| The village of Rik, where regular evacuation drills are done as volcano Katla is 50 years late erupting. |
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| A former grocery store houses this molten lava demonstration |
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| Lava soup in brown bread bowl |
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This bridge was taken out by a volcanic eruption in 1996
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| Hike to a glacier after 4 p.m. Dark when we returned. |
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| Stop to visit a troll house |
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| Looking at the black sand beach - Reynisfjara that we visited yesterday. From the high bluff. Windy, cold and another short look. |
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| Food courts in Iceland are lovely. Here we stopped for smoothies at the Isey Skyr bar. |
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| Stefan |
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| Driving back to Reykjavik |
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| Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral |
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| View from the top |
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| Covid tests! |
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| Festive Reykjavik |
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| mementos |
Northern Lights found at the PERLAN planetarium on Saturday November 7th!
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| Harpa Performance Hall |
A chilly and illuminating trip. So many volcanoes! Many movies have been filmed there: Lord of the Rings, Eurovision, Game of Thrones, Oblivion, Interstellar, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Noah, Captain America, Prometheus, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty...
Dave says "go in the summer."
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