Day 1: Blue Lagoon, Seltun, Kleifarvatn, PONIES!!

Before cathyn and I even touched down in Iceland, we flew over Greenland (kind of hard to get there without flying over Greenland). I snapped a shot of some breathtakingly beautiful glaciers you can see from over Greenland. Since we will be there in a mere 2 weeks, I simply stared intensely at Greenland, templed my fingers together, and menacingly muttered, "Soon."



( Hot mineral baths! Steaming mud! Etc! )

Day 2: The Golden Circle. Plus Lobsters.

Today, after a lovely breakfast and directions from our innkeeper (Just one :-( for her, she almost smiled!) we got up and hit the Golden Circle - the big tourist route. If you only spend a couple of days in Iceland, you will invariably do the Golden Circle. We got it out of the way early in the trip because we hate tourists. Oh, no, wait, because that's what our itinerary said to do. That's the ticket!

Ok, first up, Thingvellir, which is actually spelled Þingvellir, as if a P had dropped it's bump a bit. (funny little letter called a thorn, pronounced like the "th" in thought, which they use, along with several other custom letters, ALL THE TIME, as if it were a real letter! It's quite endearing! And hard to pronounce - and while we're on the subject, the words here have entirely too many letters! It's like they're descended from Germanic tribes or something!).

( All kinds of Þings! )