Hvalfjörður Tunnel
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ 🌧 1 °C
If you can't go over the ocean, go under!
This tunnel is 5,770 meters (18,930 ft) long and reaches a depth of 165 meters (541 ft) below sea level.
Hellisheidi Geothermal Energy Exhibition
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ 🌨 0 °C
They give tours here at the Geothermal Power Plant giving you the opportunity to learn how geothermal energy is harnessed in a sustainable manner in Iceland to provide power to the whole country.Weiterlesen
Hveragerði
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ 🌨 1 °C
A cute little town with a nice waterfall in it.
Icelandic Playground
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ 🌧 1 °C
Fancy. Kids won't know what to do with themselves here.. so many options.
Selfoss
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
Another town we stopped in. I only took photos at the river though. This is the town where the Bobby Fischer Centre is, if any of you are chess fans. His grave is also near here too.
Kerið
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Kerið is a volcanic crater lake. I think this may have been my favorite stop today. Such a cool looming place.
Skálholt Cathedral
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Church/ Historical site.
Friðheimar
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We stopped and had lunch at a tomato greenhouse today. We seriously sat right in the greenhouse! We had bottomless tomato soup made from tomatoes picked that morning. And with it we had bottomlessWeiterlesen
Friðheimar - part 2
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Did I mention even the carafe of water on the table had tomatoes in it?
Faxi Waterfall
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Gulfoss waterfall
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Geysir
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
First time ever seeing geysers erupt, and it was pretty awesome! Hard to time it right to get a good photo. My photos don't begin to do them justice.
Geysir- part 2
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Efstidalur II
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Well, after eating Tomato soup in a Tomato Greenhouse was such a success, we opted to have some ice cream right at a dairy farm.
Yummmmmmy!
And Moooo!!
Þingvellir National Park
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
The Þingvellir area is part of a fissure zone running through Iceland, situated on the tectonic plate boundaries of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
I don't know a ton about tectonic plates, but I was onceWeiterlesen
Þingvellir National Park - part 2
30. April 2018 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
A story about heavy traffic
1. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
So.. we are driving in the country in Iceland and we are all a bit tired so the car is silent as we sleepily gaze out the window at the landscape around us.
Out of the blue, our Google MapsWeiterlesen
Gerđuberg Cliffs
1. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Basalt columns... fascinating. Pictures don't do it justice at all.
Sjávarpakkhúsiö
1. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Lunch time!
Seafood stew Oceanside! Yummmmmm
Stykkisholmur
1. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Some snapshots of a cute fishing town we swung into for some seafood lunch today.
That funky building in picture 2 is a church.
Scenic Drive - Misc Photos
1. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Turned out to be a fairly nice day today.
Hallgrimskirkja
2. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Fascinating looking church in Reykjavik.
Keflavik International Airport
2. Mai 2018 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Time to go home. Drinking an Appelsin (supposedly Iceland's favorite soda pop, according the the sign on the shelf) while waiting to board.
Overall this trip has been such a blast and as much as IWeiterlesen








































































































