Iceland or Lavaland?

Our tour route for the day

Day 88 - Thursday - September 8
The Vikings are going to be the theme of the day.

That and the wind. We put on all the warm layers we had and it was still chilly.

Moss on lava just might be the national plant.

The very end of the Reykjanes Peninsula where the Atlantic Ocean and Faxafloi Bay meet.

The "drempels" (speed bumps in English) of the Netherlands have been replaced by this diffcult-to-pronounce word.

Now we know why the astronauts came here to practice for the first moon landing.

The volcanic activity here is due to the meeting of the European and North American plates right under Iceland.

The plates are moving past each other at 2 cm per year.

It also creates a lot of geothermal activity which Iceland uses as its primary source of energy.

This is the Blue Lagoon. The water outside the resort area is much cooler than inside but still the same incredible blue.

It is actually seawater even though it is several miles from the coast.

Leif Erickson in front of the Hallgrimskirkja (the Lutheran Cathedral).

The pews backs rotate so people can face towards the back when they are doing organ concerts.

An elevator takes you up 8 floors into the tower then there are stairs to go to #9.

It is the best view in town.

Our last stop for the day is The Viking Ship Museum.

They used 5000 hand-forged nails to recreate this replica of a boat unearthed in Norway.

The museum answered a lot of the questions we had pondered during the day, like why did the Vikings sail this way.

Icelandic traffic circle art.

We will catch up on the blog.....we really will!