Ork Hveragerdi

... harbor. We couldn't find it!  The coast was mostly flat and even with the tide out we couldn't imagine how they could have gotten fishing boats in and out.  Later at one of the museums I learned that in some of these kinds of harborless villages, the boats were built without keels to make it easier to haul them out.  Of course it made them less stable in the water and that is a big problem when fishing from a small open boat in the rough North Atlantic.  <br><br><br>

... think I stood in a spot where one foot was on the American plate and one foot was on the Eurasian plate. So that is what I will collect, where I can stand with feet on different plates.<br><br>My earlier collection consisted of being in Djibuti where I stood with a food on the Somalia Plate and a foot on the African Plate. We also stood on the Saudi Plate. So that's five. I should look up and verify some of this because in the ...

... out traditional lobster soup (ISK 1350). The soup came with two large Icelandic lobster tails, garnished with garlic. The soup was without hesitation one of the best lobster soups either of us had tasted. Not too salty nor too creamy, but just right. As a main course we were served a wonderful mixture of three courses, which consisted of grilled salmon, fried catfish and grilled halibut, served with vegetables and ...

... around the ring road. Our goal is to make it to Stykkisholmur, a small fishing village. It's a complete blizzard this morning so let's hope we make it or else we may be sleeping in the car. They have a saying here and it's similar to that in Colorado. If you don't like the weather, stick around for a few hours. I have no idea when we will have internet coverage again but we will try to log in whenever we can. Take Care! Aimee

... though we would come back later to see it. Kent and I each had a small sandwich and a bowl of soup and we shared a bottle of water and it cost 5,000 Kronur (about $60)!! But thankfully we decided to hold off on seeing the waterfall. We had to leave for the glacier because Armando and Paloma were going to go snowmobiling and we needed to be there in time for their tour and when we ate lunch it was cold and rainy. So we left for the glacier and the close ...

... here usually is really nice...probably around 13 or 14 usually. Long-sleeves weather but perfect for walking around towns and hiking because you don't get hot. It's funny though...I guess because this is the best it gets for them, Icelanders seem to think it's boiling out. They're always walking around in shorts and tank tops, and at one of the hostels the guy working there had all the doors and windows open even though it was only about 10degrees out! It also ...

... there told us to go to the Self-Service Kiosk Service Desk to check in. We lined up there and when we got to the front we were told we could not check in there either! I explained what had happening and that if we had to go to the end of the line again we would miss our flight. In the end she checked us in and we went to the gate via the souvenir shop and boarded our flight to Oslo.

Mmmmk So I'm here...made it in one peice all awone-sum to the good old land of ice....which it is distinctly lacking in... It's nice n sunny, but windy, a cool breeze is dropping the temperature to 9.C. Currently awaiting check in at the youth hostel where i'm staying for tonight. Then 2moro i'll be moving into the flat...and starting life here for ...

I got up at 7:00. Some people had already struck their tents. Motley and Curtis had returned around 5:30. The girls had returned before 1:00. All had adventures too numerous to recount here. Camp was struck and ready to load by the time Magnus arrived. We loaded up and were on our way to the Bláa Lonid (Blue Lagoon) by 9:45. A lot of us dozed a little on the way out. I took some fotos of the shoreline and Reykjanes lavas as we went. Þorleifur confirmed that the Blue ...

For the remainder of the trip we left the "big city", joined a group of 10 others and took the Viking Challenge! Iceland's uniqueness starts with its geographical location. It is in the North Atlantic at the junction of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Also, despite being near the Arctic Circle it is on the Gulfstream. These plates move apart ...