Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Juxtaposition of land and sea. Reykjavik, Iceland

I spent my holiday break of April 2009 touring and exploring Reykjavik, Iceland. What an absolutely beautiful city! Given its location on the southern shore of  Faxaflói  Bay, views such as the one below are easy to behold. An exquisite juxtaposition of a colorful, tin-roofed city in the shadow of snow-capped mountains.
Reykjavik, IS

The people of Iceland are very kind and friendly and the culture and history are very interesting. My favorite part of my Icelandic vacation was going on a Golden Circle tour, which included but was not limited to visiting: a geothermal plant, the Continental Divide (very cool!), Gulfoss waterfall. No stop would have been complete without some Icelandic chocolate milk or petting an Icelandic horse.

Icelandic chocolate milk
Icelandic Horse

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