The other side of the rift and the Law..

We had to wait to get a parking spot, but we walk over this great natural and cultural site. This is were Iceland held their Althing and created their laws ” starting around the year 930. Think of it as their Constitutional Hall. The people would gather here every June for two weeks and Laws would be formed and court held. In the beginning, before the 13th century, there was a couple guys known as the Law Speakers, who would recite the laws standing on a rock, in front of this natural amphitheater. This formation is the other side of the Rift Valley. We walked up the rift canyon and then down to the actual Logberg or Law rock.Read more