trip's start

Oliver Bar & Restaurant

Reykjavík first look

Sæbraut

architecture

Laekjarbrekka Restaurant

Grái Kötturinn Café

Þingvellir (Thingvalla)

Gullfoss waterfall

Geysir & Strokkur

Slakki Family Park & Zoo

Kerið crater

Garden of Eden, Hveragerði

mossy lava fields

return to Reykjavík

Sandholt Bakery

a long walk

good-bye Reykjavík

KEF -> MSP

MSP -> SFO

Saturday 8 October 2005

(Gullfoss)

In a land of Earthly beauty, one natural wonder stands above the rest, Iceland’s beloved Gullfoss, or “Golden Falls.” With a 105-foot double-cascade, Gullfoss is by far Europe’s most powerful waterfall. On a sunlit day, the mist clouds surrounding the hammering falls are filled with dozens of rainbows, providing an unparalleled spectacle of color and motion. Surprisingly, at one time the government planned to supplant the falls with a large hydroelectric power plant, but a nearby farmer’s daughter underwent a pilgrimage on foot to Reykjavik, where she demanded that unless the plant was stopped, she would cast herself over the falls. After the nation overwhelmingly came out in her favor, plans were halted and the government purchased the land for a national park.

2005 Iceland: Geysir & Strokkur