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Gullfoss, Iceland 2012

Not far from the Geysir, lies the waterfall Gullfoss.

We come from Norway, so we are jused to waterfalls. But in Norway the waterfalls come from the top of enormous mountains........

So we drove from the Geysir trough a open flat lanscape. We came to a parkingplace, in the middle of nowhere, that said Gullfoss.
We got out of the car, and thought that someone had to made a big joke..............
Because around us in every way, there was this open flat landscape. All we could see was a big river.

And then we looked closer.....

We saw some "steam" coming out of the ground. That we had to check closer......(can you see it)
and then we saw it......

This majestic waterfall running into a huge crack in the ground, it was absolutely not what we where expecting...

There is a walking path all the way down too the waterfall.....taking pictures is difficult in some areas since the water is spraying your camera down in the matter of seconds. So you to have to expect too get wet to.....But it`s all worth it....

Geysir Stokkir, Iceland 2012

There are so many things I wanted to see in Iceland, and I have too say the Geysir was not my first choice. I have seen so many pictures of it, that it felt like I had already been there. Even that I have never set my foot in Iceland before.
So what could bee so exiting about water exploding into the air............

Well I`ll tell you ..............

The first that meets you is the stunning scenery.......one road, just a few cars and stunning landscape on both sides. It feels like you are in the middle of nowhere.
You know you are almost there when you see the steem from the hot water...

When you arrive on one side of the road you see one single shop and cafe, and on the other side is a river of hot water. With a warning sign, that says the water is 80-100 degrees hot.

As you walk up to the Geysir you see that the place has soo much more than just the geysir. There are a lot of small ponds that is boiling with hot water....It is the beutiful and untamed nature that sorrounds it.......and the best of all. The Iceland hasn`t tried too tame it....
In many countries the most interresting and amazing places has been overexposed, but not here. It is just one single shop/cafe in the middle of nowhere.

And then we arrived too the Geysir Stokkir........and it was all worth it.......I`ll leave the next pictures too speek for themselves..... :-)

Whale watching Reykjavik, Iceland

We chose to sail on whale watching with Elding.

It was a beautiful day.....and we could see a long way. Not much wind either, exept when we sailed out of the harbour. But it got much better when we came out to the open sea.

Northern Fulmar

 Northern Gannet

We first came across a lot of birds who where diving and enjoying some fish.

Mink whale

Then we came across a single mink whale, that swimmed acround the boat. It wasn`t easy to take pictures, since he/she came up for a second. And then dived again, and since they can hold their breath for 25 min. we had not a clue where he/she would come up to the surface again.

On the way back to Reykjavik we enjoyed the beautiful view.

Kerid crater, Iceland

Kerid is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grimsnes area in the south Iceland.

The caldera, like the other volcanic rock in the area, is composed of red (rather than black) volcanic rock.

The lake is fairly shallow 7-14 meters (depending on rainfall and other factors ), but due to minerals from the soil, is an opaque and strikinly vivid aquamarine.

The pictures I have taken here, does not make this scenery any justice. I was absolutely stunning and with the scenery outside of the crater, it almost felt like we where on another planet :-) If it hadn`been for the road behind us, that is ;-) hehe

Reykjavik, Iceland - okt. 2012

Reykjavik is by far the largest community in Iceland. Including the neighbouring towns, the area has 60% of the Iceland`s population of total 300 000 people.

The town is a mix of new and old buildings......at first it looked kind of messy and boring.......

 but after looking a bit closer.....and the way they had used colour.....don`t forget with the mountains as backdrop... Reykjavik is a very charming town, where you have tourist shops and Icelandic creativity working hand in hand.....

But....well somethimes the colours do get a bit much.. ;-)

Hallgrimskirkja

The Harpa consert & conference hall

And some colours came after dark :-)

I wonder what happened here ;-) I did not dare to find out ;-) hehe

I wonder if this is the latest design ;-)

Well if you put your shoes out here, I don`t think anyone would steal them ;-)

You could also find some fun details if you looked closely ;-)

Hot dog stand at the harbour

Fish with baced potatoes

Hot chocolate cake with cream and ice....yummy

We where looking for places to eat, and where surprised  that among the 5 best places to eat there was a hot dog stand down by the harbour......so of course we had too try it out....and yes they tasted very good.

But the best food we got in Reykjavik was at a beef house ( or rather the best beef we ever had anywhere ), but the fish was exellent to.
So if you ever are going too Reykjavik you have too try Hereford Steak House.. :-)