In brewing Olympia Beer, “It’s the water.” Touring Iceland, you’ll also learn that “It’s the water,” from snaking fjords, to boiling springs and spouting geysers. It’s also much more.
In what other country can you see the sights above along with volcanoes, glaciers, and lava fields, and most of these sights from the roadside? Not that I’d recommend staying in your car. If you did, you’d miss being covered by spray from Europe’s largest waterfall and jets of steam hissing from hot springs, and you’d fail to see the Strokkur Geysir spurting 66 feet in the air every four to five minutes. Take your own armchair tour with the photos below.
Gullfoss waterfall
Snaefellsness Peninsula
farmhouse below Eyjafjallajokull: site of 2010 eruption
Strokkur Geysir
moss-covered lava field
boiling mud
Crater
There is more variety than I would expect, and that farm house looks rather lonely out there by itself. I remember the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010. Its dust and stuff delayed our return to Seattle by 12 hours in May of 2010
After seeing a movie about the family that lived — and still lives — in a farm under the volcano and what they went through when the lava and ash started flowing, we came to appreciate that the travel problems caused by the volcano were small compared to the problems of people who lived through it.
Love the pictures, especially that crater!
Beautiful shots. So, tell me, did you school yourself on how to pronounce Icelandic names? Does not look like anything you can just sound out…
Looking forward to seeing you next week.
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