Saturday, July 26, 2014

Fyn Island, Denmark. A week at a cottage on the Atlantic ocean (with no internet)

With a sandy beach at our front door

















Walk at sunset


Comfy living room

Fabulous posture


Dinosaurs having a sand bath

Party time in the jacuzzi

Cold but fun







Mumma

Granddad


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








Monday, June 30, 2014

Day 1.2 -  Some stuff I want to see in Iceland 

may need to rent a car

photo: iceland fjallabak nature reserve
photo: glacier lagoon and steam from the volcano Iceland




Vik area beach

Sea stack with Reynisdrangar (troll pillars) in the distance, southern coast.


Day 1 - Getting Ready

How do I do this blog thing?

Flying over Iceland on the way to Amsterdam last year, June 2013