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- Day 1
- Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 8:34 AM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 127 m
United StatesNorth Breton Brook43°36’48” N 73°10’16” W
castleton station
June 21, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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- Day 2
- Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 8:08 AM
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
IcelandKeflavík International Airport63°59’46” N 22°37’19” W
Keflavik airport
June 22, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Good morning from Iceland
Candy Alessandro300,000 people welcome you to Iceland! (That's the population.) There's another airline there called WOW! Originally, the airport was built by the United States military during World War II and opened on March 23, 1943. (Wikipedia trivia for you! Have a great time!)
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- Day 2
- Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 2:43 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- IcelandTjörnin64°8’50” N 21°56’23” W
Iceland's Parliament
June 22, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
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- Day 2
- Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 6:19 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- IcelandHallgrim's Church64°8’30” N 21°55’36” W
Hallsgrimskirka
June 22, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Iconic church of Iceland
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- Day 3
- Friday, June 23, 2017 at 3:45 PM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- IcelandFiskihöfn64°9’1” N 21°55’58” W
Harpa
June 23, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Reykjavik's concert hall. Beautiful and exvellecvt aviuystics
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- Day 4
- Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 12:50 AM
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 42 m
- IcelandKopavogur64°6’49” N 21°51’42” W
Kopavogur
June 24, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Photo taken jusr before 1:00 AM. The midnight sun in Iceland at the airbnb.
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 10:51 AM
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 271 m
- IcelandSveitarfélagið Ölfus64°2’17” N 21°24’4” W
Geothermal
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Much of Iceland's energy is geothermal. This is one of the main plants.
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 11:35 AM
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 67 m
- IcelandKerið64°2’31” N 20°53’10” W
Kerid crater
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Scotia crater. Iceland is very active geologically. May volcanos.
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 12:21 PM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 75 m
- IcelandRettavað64°13’33” N 20°20’18” W
Vid faxa Waterfall
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Notice the fish ladder to the left. This is a salmon spawning strean
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2:20 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 185 m
- IcelandGullfoss64°19’33” N 20°7’27” W
Geysir
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The place where all the rest get their name from.
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2:20 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 182 m
- IcelandGullfoss64°19’33” N 20°7’26” W
Gullfoss aka gold waterfall
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Waterfall fed by glacial outwash so that the stream carries silt that. in certain light, looks gold
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- Day 5
- Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 4:32 PM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 126 m
- IcelandSilfra64°15’20” N 21°7’40” W
Thingvellir
June 25, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
National park mostly between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates where they are separating. The icelandic parliament, the Althinga (i apologize if my spelling is bad) met hete from 930 ADRead more
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- Day 6
- Monday, June 26, 2017 at 2:53 PM
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 68 m
- IcelandSkálholt64°7’31” N 20°31’28” W
Skalholt Cathedral
June 26, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Center of faith since 1,000 CE. Amazing art in sanctuary. To the left of the church is a turf covered building that is a small chapel. The interior picture otherwise unidentified is from there
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- Day 6
- Monday, June 26, 2017 at 4:23 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 163 m
- IcelandGaukshöfðavað64°4’53” N 20°1’1” W
Gaukshofti
June 26, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Just the view
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 12:41 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- IcelandHofsá63°31’33” N 19°29’29” W
Unnamed waterfall
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Near Skogar. Pictures go from approaching the waterfall to a picture from behind the falls
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 1:02 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- IcelandHofsá63°31’35” N 19°29’37” W
Skogar museum
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Local history and cultural museum. First picture is a turf farmhouse from late 19th century. Some interior pictures follow. Also, the interior of a schoolhouse. I didn't tske any pictures of theRead more
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 2:11 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 144 m
- IcelandHrossatungur63°32’2” N 19°21’37” W
Solheimajokull Glacier
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
At foot of a glacier, along with pool of glacial outeash
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 3:42 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- IcelandVik63°24’51” N 19°0’52” W
Vik, black sand beach
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The black sand texture is much like sand "down the shore," although stonier. No one swimming. Both air and water temps are in the 40s.
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 4:11 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- IcelandVik63°25’15” N 19°0’10” W
Vik church
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Sits up above the village of Vol. Main thing is the view
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 4:48 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- IcelandSkógafoss63°31’48” N 19°30’49” W
Skogafoss
June 27, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Near my hotel in Skogar. In case you haven't figured it out, foss means waterfall.
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- Day 8
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 12:57 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- IcelandBlue Lagoon63°52’50” N 22°26’55” W
Blue lagoon
June 28, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Top attraction in Iceland. Pictures are outside as I couldn't get in without a reservation, little did I know. Also a typical moss covered labs field nearby.
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- Day 8
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 1:43 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- IcelandKinn63°52’6” N 22°40’31” W
Bridge between two continents
June 28, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
For all you arm chair geologists. I'm standing between two continents. Over my right shoulder is the North American tectonic plate an over my left is the Euasian plate. This is also my first selfie.Read more
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- Day 8
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 2:19 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- IcelandSandgerðisbær63°58’19” N 22°44’55” W
Stafnes
June 28, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Lighthouse near whete the mid atlantic ridge rises up from the ocean and Iceland begins. No, it isn't the lighthouse that's leaning.
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- Day 9
- Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 4:12 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
DenmarkSankt Jørgens Sø55°40’7” N 12°33’5” E
Copenhagen
June 29, 2017 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Greetings from Denmark. Arrived this afternoon. Staying with nice folks at an airbnb right in the middle of things in Copenhagen. Resting today. Exoeri g tomorrow.
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- Day 10
- Friday, June 30, 2017 at 1:38 PM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- DenmarkMarmorkirken55°41’6” N 12°35’22” E
skip's retirement travelOn so it begins. Castleton RR Station, Amtrak to Penn Station in NYC and then to Newark airport.and Icelandair to Reykjavik tomorrow morning