Iceland - Revisited!

Hello from the cold north. We had an eight hour trip around some interesting parts of Iceland today. Dad got tired so I'm down in the internet cafe posting this. We toured Reykjavik which was bigger than I thought it would be. We also saw volcanoes, geysers, hot springs, lots of interesting geology and geothermal activity. Often you will just see steam coming out of the ground in random places. Iceland is basically just the top of several active volcanoes. There are only about 300,000 people in the whole country which is the size of New York state. It was all very interesting as I am very interested in the Vikings and all of that. The best stop on the tour was their national park where their assembly, the oldest in Europe met every year from 930 to the 1800's. It was called the Althing. Right where they met is some very amazing geography - it is the spot where the North American and European continental plates meet and rub together. Beautiful and fascinating. We took lots of pictures with which we will bore you in months to come. Dad is doing okay - still gets tired and headachy. We will talk to you tomorrow and blog again on Monday after we see Greenland.

The Long Glacier in Iceland.

Bramma and an Icelandic Horse.

The Icelandic National Park and Parlimentary Thing!

A typical Icelandic landscape.