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'Golden Circle' tour.
Today its the 'Grand Circle' tour, we are collected by coach complete with our luggage as we will be spending tonight at Hotel Hengill. Hotel Hengill is located about 30 minutes from Reykjavik (when the roads are open), close to Thingvellir National Park, its an area that enjoys breathtaking views over Lake Thingvallavatn and the surrounding …
The Golden Circle
... Alpingi of AD 930. This was a bold experiment in republicanism when monarchies ruled the rest of Europe. Seemed ahead of its time and quite refined until we read that punishments were also carried out here - men where beheaded and thrown in the lake and women were tied up in a bag, then thrown in the lake, for all wrongdoing. Huh. Today we saw fools putting on wetsuits with SCUBA Iceland for a swim in the same frigid lake. Seems like a death sentence to ...
Entre deux continents
... bleue et chaude, bien qu’avec la même senteur délicieuse que nos douches. Mais comme il faisait beau, nous avons mis le cap sur Thingvellir, un parc national à 35 km de Rekjavik qui se situe à cheval entre le continent européen et le continent américain. Un magnifique paysage de type canyon. Ce voyage fut une excellente opportunité de tester la rugosité de la boîte à vitesse de notre carrosse, ainsi que la ...
Back to Þingvellir
... angekommen und aßen erst mal eine Jause. Anschließend wollten wir nach einer Möglichkeit suchen unsere Rucksäcke zu verstauen. Erst meinten die vom Service Center es gäbe nichts, nachdem Dominik dann aber seine Dackel-Augen gemacht hatte erlaubte uns eine der Mitarbeiterinnen sie in ihr Privat-Kammerl zu stellen. Sie erklärte uns noch was wir uns unbedingt im Nationalpark anschauen mussten und dann gingen wir auch schon ...
Golden Circle: Thingvellir, Geysir, Gullfoss
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Next stop in the "Golden Circle Tour" is Geysir. Geysir, the famous geyser which gave its name to every geysers in the world, is actually inactive. It does not blow water anymore, except once a year on the Independence Day when soap is added to make it blow again !
But Strokkur, an other geyser, actually blows water to approximately 25m high every 5 to 10 minutes. ...
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