Hi Everyone!
Today I took an awesome day tour through Iceland's Golden Circle. It's a circular route from Reykjavik that takes you through the landscape to some of Iceland's natural wonders. First stop is Thingvellir national park, where you can see the American and European tectonic plates, and walk in the ridge between them. Autumn has arrived in Europe over the last two days, and it has made the scenery extra lovely. The water in the streams is so clear you can see the giant trout.
Second stop is the Gullfoss waterfall, which has a drop of over 100 feet into the canyon below. I climbed to the closest vantage point to the waterfall, and yes, you get wet from all the spray! Harold was happy to have his raincoat to protect him while I took his photo.
Third stop is the Strokkur geyser. It erupts about every 5 minutes, and is quite awesome.
We had a fantastic guide who included a few extra stops along the way to an Icelandic dairy farm for ice cream, and a quick stop to pet some Icelandic horses.
The rest of the afternoon was spent traveling back to Reykjavik, enjoying the scenery, and learning fun facts about Iceland on the tablet audio guide.
From there I took a connecting bus to the Blue Lagoon, a semi-natural hot springs created by the run off from the nearby geothermal power plant. The water is approximately 100 degrees, even in the winter, and the whole place looks almost otherworldly.
You get a drink and a silica face mask included in your admission.
And look who got to spend some time in the lagoon in his pool floaty! (The staff at the lagoon were totally amused by him)
I'm loving that the tours can pick me up and drop me off at my hostel, it's really convenient not to have to figure out how to get to meeting places. I'm scheduled to go on a Northern Lights tour tomorrow night, so there won't be a blog post.
Today I took an awesome day tour through Iceland's Golden Circle. It's a circular route from Reykjavik that takes you through the landscape to some of Iceland's natural wonders. First stop is Thingvellir national park, where you can see the American and European tectonic plates, and walk in the ridge between them. Autumn has arrived in Europe over the last two days, and it has made the scenery extra lovely. The water in the streams is so clear you can see the giant trout.
Second stop is the Gullfoss waterfall, which has a drop of over 100 feet into the canyon below. I climbed to the closest vantage point to the waterfall, and yes, you get wet from all the spray! Harold was happy to have his raincoat to protect him while I took his photo.
Third stop is the Strokkur geyser. It erupts about every 5 minutes, and is quite awesome.
We had a fantastic guide who included a few extra stops along the way to an Icelandic dairy farm for ice cream, and a quick stop to pet some Icelandic horses.
The rest of the afternoon was spent traveling back to Reykjavik, enjoying the scenery, and learning fun facts about Iceland on the tablet audio guide.
From there I took a connecting bus to the Blue Lagoon, a semi-natural hot springs created by the run off from the nearby geothermal power plant. The water is approximately 100 degrees, even in the winter, and the whole place looks almost otherworldly.
You get a drink and a silica face mask included in your admission.
And look who got to spend some time in the lagoon in his pool floaty! (The staff at the lagoon were totally amused by him)
I'm loving that the tours can pick me up and drop me off at my hostel, it's really convenient not to have to figure out how to get to meeting places. I'm scheduled to go on a Northern Lights tour tomorrow night, so there won't be a blog post.
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