Team Diabetes arranged for my trip until the 20th but as many others Dad and I decided to extend our trip and travel independently. We rented a car with the plans of driving east.
Our first stop was þingiviller Nathional Park. This spot in a UNESCO world heritage site and I´m told very pretty. Today was just not the day to see it. Most of the park is only accessible by hiking trails and the combination of a 10km race on a sore ankel, hours of walking the streets and hours of dancing meant I was moving a little slower than normal today. lol So basically we drove past the national park...ooo ahhh how pretty and continued driving. We continued on the "golden circle" to the big two tourist attractions - Geysir and Gullfoss. Although major tourist traps, both were worth the drive.
Strokkur is one of the most famous and predictable geysers in Iceland. It erupts about every 5 to 10 minutes at a height of 10-30m. Geysir, from which all Geysers are named only erupts only after a major earthquake at a height of approx. 60-75m.
Gullfoss waterfalls. Very cool
From here we headed south and stayed at a farmhouse in Skögar. Unlike some "farmhouse holidays" in Iceland we were actually on a farm. The woman that ran the place was very sweet. We had a homecooked meal with from scratch cream asperagus soup, fresh from the garden potatoes (which she was very proud of) and dad had the fish. It took a little explaining what a vegetarian was before she understood. They don´t get many of those out this way.
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I had a chance to look at the pictures, the giant rapids in the valley are absoletely amazing. Hey maybe next year we can try to raft down them lol.... It will be a category 50.
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