 1 Colorful Reykjavik - to offset the mostly dull weather. |
 2 This dude, Leifur Eriksson, almost certainly discovered America (Vinland) about 500 years before Columbus did. Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik's modernist church. |
 3 Austurvollur square in Reykjavik. Ingolfur Arnarson, Iceland's 1st settler had his hayfields here. |
 4 Lots of corrugated-iron houses in Reykjavik (and Iceland for that matter). |
 5 Thingvellir: location of Iceland's first Althing (parliament) established in 930. The rock formation on the left is the border of the American tectonic plate; the European plate is across the valley to the right. This is the only place where these plates are visible, ie not underwater or completely covered. |
 6 Seljalandfoss (foss=waterfall). |
 7 Seljalandfoss. I love waterfalls! |
 8 Black sand beach in Vik - South Coast. |
 9 Morning walk up the hill to the church overlooking Vik. |
 10 Myrdalssandur Sandflats with Myrdalsjokull (jokull=glacier) in the background. |
 11 No.. I'm not considering real estate in Iceland! |
 12 Overview of the farm at Nupsstadur. |
 13 Sod-houses or turf-houses at Nupsstadur. |
 14 We went for a nice walk in Skaftafell National Park. Vatnajokull Glacier in the background. |
 15 Vatnajokull in Skaftafell NP. |
 16 Jokulsarlon: Glacial River Lagoon. |
 17 We went for a boattrip among the icebergs floating in the lagoon. |
 18 Icebergs in the lagoon - quite the sight! |
 19 The 4W drive on a very winding road up to Vatnajokull... |
 20 ... to go snowmobiling on Europe's largest glacier! Fun! Normally they put 2 people on 1 mobile... I managed to get one to myself! |
 21 We had the whole glacier to ourselves; there were no other groups - at least none that I could see. |
 22 Snowmobiling on Vatnajokull was one of the highlights of my trip. We went with www.glacierjeeps.is |
 23 This is at 9.45pm on the glacier... it didn't get dark at night. |
 24 Surroundings of the farm-guesthouse where we stayed that evening, June 2nd. |
 25 The Southeast Coast from the guesthouse. |
 26 Seal-ed photo-stop. |
 27 Along the Southeast Coast. |
 28 Hofn on the Southeast Coast with Vatnajokull in the background. |
 29 Reindeer. |
 30 Our group. |
 31 It was our guide, Margret's birthday on June 3rd so our group organized a birthday cake. |
 32 Waterfall among the lava rocks. |
 33 We drove inland on a mountain road. Anyone for a picnic? |
 34 We feasted our senses on some out-of-this-world-spectacular scenery. |
 35 Isolated Modrudalur is the highest farm in Iceland at 470m. The mountain in the background was voted 'most beautiful in Iceland' and is now 'Queen of the Mountains'. |
 36 Krafla Caldera. |
 37 There is lots of geo-thermal activity in Iceland. The hot water gets piped to the towns and used in powerplants. |
 38 Lake Myvatn. |
 39 Myvatn from the air. |
 40 Landing on Grimsey Island just of Iceland's north Coast. It's 3,5 by 5,3kms. Why fly there? In such a small plane? ... |
 41 To stand on the Arctic Circle... |
 42 ... and to see puffins!!!!! |
 43 For me it was all about the puffins!!! |
 44 Aren't they gorgeous? |
 45 The mainland from Grimsey's harbor. 97 people live on the island half of them under 30 years of age. |
 46 Approaching the mainland. |
 47 Godafoss (Waterfall of the Gods). |
 48 Laufas Farm Museum. Northwest Iceland. |
 49 Turf-roofed farm house from 1850. |
 50 Laufas. |
 51 Akureyri in the North from across the fjord. |
 52 The Iclandic horse. |
 53 The Icelandic Horse has 5 gaits (others only 4). The 5th sees it move its 2 right legs simultaneously and then the 2 left ones. |
 54 Barnafoss. |
 55 Gullfoss. Did I mention I love waterfalls? |
 56 Geysir. I waited 15 mins in the rain to get this photo... missed the burst 7 minutes before. |
 57 Mary and Don from Vermont, USA. This was our last evening... |
 58 Doreen and Derek from Lincolnshire, UK. ... so piccies of everyone... |
 59 Ann from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. ... unfortunately Geoffrey (Newcastle, Aus) is missing, he went out with others that evening. |
 60 David and Catherine, from the UK (forgot where). |
 61 Hirohito & Yasuko and their daughther, Yoko, from Osaka, Japan. |
 62 Jonas, our driver. |
 63 Margret, our fabulous guide. |