Iceland was really cool in a lot of odd ways. Hard to describe, but it was a lot of fun and wonderful to be back with the bf. I will expand a little over time. Here are 2 cool things.
1) Iceland is full of hot springs / baths. Every city has at least one public bath. It is fun. we went to the Reycivik public one, which was great after a long day in the car. But clearly the coolest was the Blue Lagoon. Iceland put in the this giant geothermal power plant. Well, they let in ocean water about 2 miles inland to use to drive this. It overflowed into a lagoon. No problem. But the lagoon also has hot springs - so there is this cool mix of hot spring water and ocean water. And they have built a resort at it. We went a couple of times. The water is cloudy blue (with Silcates and sulfer). And as you move through the lagoon the water fluctuates from about 88 degress to about 106 degrees, waffting by in warm currents. It was cool. Below is a picture of Eddie at the overlook, and me in the lagoon.
2) We went to the cite of the founding of the Allthing - the worlds longest serving delibrative representative body (like a congress). It was founded in like 930 and hase been running ever since. Well the history lesson was okay, but the cool thing was that the place was right at the rift between North America and Europe. Unlike our faults, here the earth is tearing away from each side. Making a scar that runs through the middle of flat country. We hiked up to a waterfall. It was cool!
