Today we woke a bit earlier - 7am - with plans to drive The Golden Circle. It was a much cloudier day with rain, so no need for the expanded paper visors! 😆
Our first stop was Þingvellir National Park, where one can walk along the Mid-Atlantic ridge, which is between two tectonic plates (which, incidentally, are moving apart 2cm a year). We stopped, took a picture, and continued on our way.
We continued onward to The Haukadalur Geothermal Valley, which is comprised of hot springs......
...and geysers....
Speaking of hot springs, Iceland is a leader in geothermal energy. The hot water has a sulfur smell, however the cold water does not smell at all and is perfectly safe to drink.
We continued our journey to Gullfoss (Waterfall) - it was huge and difficult to capture in a photo....
Along the way, we kept seeing very stocky and hairy horses - apparently these are a breed developed in Iceland with a unique gait (three feet on the ground simultaneously) which allows them a more stable and even pace.
We drove back to our Airbnb along the ocean.....
After napping, we had dinner at Hotel Viking (when we met our shuttle driver a couple nights prior, we checked out the menu and it looked good) where Brad enjoyed some local Ling Cod, Suzanne enjoyed a very good vegetarian ravioli, and we shared a dessert of skyr (Icelandic yogurt) with blueberry sauce and sorbet. It was all quite tasty!
The sky remained cloudy, so we did not venture out to see the Northern Lights.
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