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squirmeliaOn Friday, she boarded another coach and was taken to see Þingvellir, Strokkur and Gullfoss.
It was quite grey and cloudy that day and sometimes the snow fell.
The first stop was Þingvellir, where parliament was founded, and also where you can see cracks (due to continental drift) between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. It was rather snowy.
The second stop was at the Haukadalur geothermal area, where she watched Strokkur erupting a few times.
Strokkur just about to erupt:
The third stop was at Gulfoss, a waterfall so beautiful that she did not want to stop looking at it:
In front of her on the coach sat a group of women who had accents similar to Jo Brand, and they were very cynical about all the sights and claimed they'd much prefer to be having a massage or drinking cocktails. The girl with only one glove found them amusing.
The tour guide told them about how roads were built without consulting the hidden people who lived there, and many accidents happened, but after they were consulted and made an agreement with, all was fine. She said that there are hidden people in England also. (Are there?)
Later that afternoon, she walked around Reykjavík again. She watched birds on the pond (Tjörnin), and stared at the monument to civil disobedience, but mostly just wandered around.
She was so distracted by the sights that she walked into a lamp-post.
She made some new friends:
It was quite grey and cloudy that day and sometimes the snow fell.
The first stop was Þingvellir, where parliament was founded, and also where you can see cracks (due to continental drift) between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. It was rather snowy.
The second stop was at the Haukadalur geothermal area, where she watched Strokkur erupting a few times.
Strokkur just about to erupt:
The third stop was at Gulfoss, a waterfall so beautiful that she did not want to stop looking at it:
In front of her on the coach sat a group of women who had accents similar to Jo Brand, and they were very cynical about all the sights and claimed they'd much prefer to be having a massage or drinking cocktails. The girl with only one glove found them amusing.
The tour guide told them about how roads were built without consulting the hidden people who lived there, and many accidents happened, but after they were consulted and made an agreement with, all was fine. She said that there are hidden people in England also. (Are there?)
Later that afternoon, she walked around Reykjavík again. She watched birds on the pond (Tjörnin), and stared at the monument to civil disobedience, but mostly just wandered around.
She was so distracted by the sights that she walked into a lamp-post.
She made some new friends:
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Date: 2015-04-13 08:16 am (UTC)The picture of Strokkur is fascinating, and your final picture made me laugh.
How do you find learning Icelandic?
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Date: 2015-04-13 10:10 pm (UTC)Icelandic is a fascinating language. I only did a 10 week class, about a year ago now, so revised my notes before I went! But I didn't really need it much, as mostly people spoke English.