Back from ten days in Iceland!

Harriet and I just returned from a 9-day vacation in Iceland. It was an unforgettable experience! Our usually good luck with weather when travelling deserted us, but we made the best of it. For the first few days we fought sleetstorms driving BB-sized iceballs 30 MPH into our faces, alternating with brief sunny spells as we explored the southern coast and the Golden Circle. The nicest weather day was spent exploring the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, where we visited Grundarfjordur, Olafsvik, the Snaefellsjokull glacier, Mount Kirkjufell, black lava cliffs along the southern coast, and driving through the 6-km Hvalfjardargong tunnel under the Hvalfjardsveit bay. We visited many famous waterfalls including Gullfoss, Skogafoss, Seljalandsfoss;  the hot springs at Geysir, the beautiful rift valley in Thingvellir National Park, and the amazing Raurfarholshellir lava tunnel near Selfoss. Our hotel room looked out over the Reyjavik harbor, and we were able to watch workers repainting and repairing large ships right outside our window. The food was amazingly good-and expensive! I tasted cod head, fermented shark, and dried fish. (I can only recommend the cod head). As a bonus, we flew directly over Greenland on the way home and were treated to an amazing view of the beautiful but utterly inhospitable arctic landscape. Check out the 81 photos in the Iceland photo album in my photo gallery.