Foss Lind Reykjavík

... island? NO. (Well, yes, but not this time…) Situated about 50km outside of Reykjavik (and an English family sitting behind us on the tour bus coughing the ENTIRE way there), The Blue Lagoon is an area of pools of milky-blue water that are fed from the futuristic-looking Svartsengi geothermal plant! The super-heated sea water is rich in blue-green algae, mineral salts, and fine silica mud – apparently, all excellent for conditioning and ...

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... swear words I realized that I had been talking for a while of getting a new camera and that this was in all likelyhood it's last trip, and considering it went all over the world with me, almost got stollen in Mexico, was forgotten in a temple in Thailand and climbed the roof of Africa, I figured that this might as well be a fitting burial place for such a great traveling companion, at the bottom of the Iceland fjord heading towards the sea...<br><br>So ...

Nyt se on sitten tehty. Eli syöty haita. Väittäisin, että ei tarvitse toiste syödä, sillä otus maistui aivan suolavedelle. Islannin matka oli kokonaisuudessaan melkoista matalalentoa, joten mihinkään yhteiskuntaa luotaaviin analysointeihin ei nyt taivu. Ei sillä, että edellisetkään kirjoittelut mitenkään puhuttelisivat syvällisyydellään.<br><br>Samalla reissulla tuli poikettua myös Amerikassa, sill ...

... and looking over the river, imagining the rift thousands of feet below. Next stop was Gulfoss, Iceland's most famous waterfall. This place was just awesome. By then the weather had cleared up a bit and the sun was peeking through the clouds. The waterfall itself was partly ice formations, partly thundering water. It was amazing how close you could get and how powerful it was. Definitely one of the coolest natural ...

... in Iceland, but they wanted to use bigger horses and were not allowed to bring any into the country. - Crime in Iceland is almost non-existent. We passed a very small house that was once a woman's prison. However, since there were only 5 women prisoners, the small house was too big, and the women were shipped out. There are only 100 male prisoners in the entire country (Iceland has 350,000 people). Most of the ...

... was playing in the quarter final game of Handball at the Olympics so we got to watch the locals cheering along with the game. In Iceland, it feels like the only sport at the Olympics is Handball but that is because the only athletes they had at the Olympics were the handball team. After Lorraine had had her fill of shopping, we hopped the bus back to the Sportshall to pick up our race package. Lo and behold there was a fairly large runners expo so the gals ...

... is a must find! Another musts for future reference: 1) Bring a water proof camera. There were some potentially amazing shots of Andrew standing under a waterfall or floating in the water with his sunglasses on, or the steam and sulfur coming off the water, that would have been nice to catch. 2) Bring a good comb and LOTS of conditioner. My hair hasn´t quite recovered from the salt water, and is currently stiff and dried out feeling. (not that ...

... a blanket of beautifully green and verdant moss. Very strange indeed. We quickly decided to hire a car and ended up with 'Bjorn' the banged up Toyota Yaris, a left-hand(ed drive) nordic cousin to Karen's 'Yogi' the Yaris we drive around in at home. The poor thing had 'Reported Damage' stickers all over him, but all that really did was encourage us to ...

... down Þorleifur's offer of dark, black oak-cured Polish vodka.  We also tried another Polish vodka cured with a blade of bison grass. It turns out Þorliefur is a historian with interests in labor unions.  He just published a volume I of 3 of the history of Iceland's labor unions.  Most of his travel business involves bringing Icelanders on tours of Poland and other parts of eastern Europe.              We ate a marvelous meal.  Arctic char was the ...