Friday, July 18, 2014

Day 2: Iceland, Reykjevik, Golden Cirle

 Reykjavik
 Hotel Fron

Danish military vessel in Reykjavik harbor



M luggage (small), R luggage (large)

Friendly trolls all over the place




Parliament building



Tour of the Golden Circle

Entrance to Trinton, lava  cave bubble




Clouds over volcanic ridge

Kerio crater and groundwater lake



Geyser Strokkur boiling up before exploding

M is standing at the edge in full rain gear


M sunbathing on the black lava beaches at Laugarvatn, the holy place where the decapitated catholic bishop and his two sons were washed and buried when the Lutherans took over

Lake Þingvellir  

UNESCO park to commemorate Iceland parliament established here in 930 (not to commemorate the site of the rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge!!!)







Gullfoss golden water fall



Lava flows .............  

Columns

Flows.....
 








M's haul of lava samples








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