Our last day began with breakfast, as always ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250124 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250125 and then we were off to do the Golden Circle. We stopped at Sudurland ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250126 to record remarkable views (as the winds were growing) ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250127 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250128 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250129 and then were off to Kerid which was a collapsed volcano that the guide said might just be for volcano enthusiasts. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250130 The views were suitably remarkable ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250131 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250132 that we greeted the local dog ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250133 and then made our way around ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250134 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250135 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250136 stopping to have our pictures taken by some Finnish folks ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250137 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250138 and then continued ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250139 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250140 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250141 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250142 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250143 pausing for a picture of Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250144 as we looked down at the crater ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250145 and then at the surrounding countryside ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250146 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250147 and recorded some wildflowers ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250148 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250149 as Jane bid a final farewell ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250150 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250151 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250152 to the crater and we declared ourselves volcano enthusiasts ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250153 as we headed to the car ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250154 and made our way to Gullfoss ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250155 where we could see the mist rising from a distance ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250156 and so followed the trail ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250157 until we approached the waterfalls ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250158 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250159 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250160 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250161 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250162 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250163 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250164 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250165 and the rocks that helped define it. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250166 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250167 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250168 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250169 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250170 There were many views to record ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250171 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250172 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250173 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250174 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250175 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250176 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250177 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250178 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250179 sometime with Jane in the picture ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250180 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250181 sometimes with others ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250182 but many pictures to be taken in any case since the falls presented themselves in fascinating fashion ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250183 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250184 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250185 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250186 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250187 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250188 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250189 as Jane took these pictures of me ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250190 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250191 and more falls photos ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250192 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250193 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250194 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250195 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250196 as I made it along the path for this picture ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250197 and after some mist ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250198 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250199 we took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250200 and then aimed to get the very best view ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250201 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250202 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250203 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250204 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250205 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250206 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250207 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250208 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250209 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250210 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250211 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250212 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250213 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250214 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250215 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250216 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250217 and then aimed downstream ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250218 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250219 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250220 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250221 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250222 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250223 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250224 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250225 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250226 and one more of the depth ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250227 before a friendly person took this picture of us ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250228 and we headed away from the falls with a few last pictures ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250229 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250230 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250231 before Jane recorded me with this hero ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250232 we took a last look back ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250233 and then were on our way to the gift shop where this friendly lady welcomed us ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250234 and we took pictures of ourselves in Viking garb ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250235 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250236 before heading down the road ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250237 to the Geysir hot springs area ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250238 where the map told the story ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250239 and this stone marked the original Geysir (in the world) which unfortunately no longer erupts on any regular schedule ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250240 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250241 but we did record Strokkur as it got ready ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250242 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250243 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250244 and then erupted as it does every 5-10 minutes ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250245 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250246 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250247 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250248 and then we made our way around the geyser basin ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250249 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250250 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250251 capturing the beautiful colors ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250252 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250253 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250254 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250255 of Konungshver ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250256 and a wide view ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250257 and our location ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250258 before taking a long view ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250259 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250260 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250261 and capturing this bird ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250262 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250263 as we made our way down to the cafeteria where Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250264 got into the frame ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250265 as did I ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250266 so that we could capture the menu ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250267 and take one last photo to end the roll ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250268 before we gassed up ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250269 and made our way down roads right and wrong that took us to this lovely ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250270 which commemorated Thomas Gudmundsson Skald who I can now identify as an Icelandic poet and here is the text of his poem Fljotid Helga (The Holy River) ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250271 but somehow, I don't think this was the picture he was describing in his poetry, rather this was left over from an alien landing. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250272

Next we were on to pINGVELLIR ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250273 where we walked up past this cliff (which turned out to be Europe ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250274 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250275 so that we could walk on a trail between the European (to the left) and North American (to the right) plates ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250276 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250277 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250278 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250279 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250280 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250281 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250282 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250283 and we reached a waterfall along the way ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250284 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250285 before marching on ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250286 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250287 to a rocky outcropping ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250288 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250289 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250290 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250291 where the advice was to go back the way we came ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250292 which we did ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250293 and we found information about the significance of Pingvellir in Icelandic (and world) history as the home of the first parliament ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250294 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250295 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250296 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250297 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250298 and as we marched on and obeyed the guidance to not throw coins ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250299 we looked down to the river formed from the waterfall to see many coins ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250300 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250301 but we pressed on to hear about more things that happened on the site for the last 1100 years ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250302 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250303 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250304 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250305 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250306 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250307 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250308 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250309 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250310 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250311 before we got back to the trail and were able to walk between two continents in an astonishing fashion ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250312 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250313 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250314 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250315 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250316 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250317 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250318 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250319 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250320 until we reached the sign for the visitor's center ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250321 and went in to see the continental drift over the past 1000 years identified by sign ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250322 and by distance. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250323 After a few admiring pictures into the distance ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250324 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250325 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250326 and some photos of further divides as we sought to absorb the majesty of what we were seeing ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250327 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250328 we recorded one last compass ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250329 a few more pictures looking back at the divide ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250330 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250331 and then were on our way back towards Keflavik where we saw smoke in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250332 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250333 and knew that we were approaching the Blue Lagoon where words (and even photos) cannot describe the experience. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250334 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250335

After a relaxing soak, we went on to Keflavik where Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250336 was happy to see rolls ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250337 and I was happy to see beer ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250338 as we had one last meal ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250339 ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250340 and then captured the Reykjanesbaer sign in the 11 PM light. ../../../Sabbat/2009/06.02-10.09ToIcelandAndDenmark//P1250341