We visited Thingvellir in 2017 but our time was short, so we returned this trip to spend longer there – it’s a huge split in the rock, and described as between the Europe and USA continental plates; though that’s not precisely true it is still a spectacular place to visit!
There’s a lot of heat under Iceland and it shows itself in some places as hot springs / bubbling mud … we visited a couple of places on our trip, the first is very thick fog!
There’s also places where the heat is converted to a warm “swimming pool”; the famous one being the Blue Lagoon near the international airport (actually waste water from a hydro-thermal electric power station!); we visited there and another place in the north …
Back in 2017 we took a trip to Iceland and now with fully vaccinated people allowed to visit, we returned to the country this time with our own plans rather than those of a group tour, and spent a wonderful two weeks visiting! Here first is an assortment of Iceland scenery from our drives (totaling almost 2000 miles) …
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