Those who have seen my pages before may recall an earlier set of photos from this beautiful country. These are a few more that represent places and things that will stay in my memory for a long time. One of the things I always hope will come from my travel photography is a less than subtle reminder of places and people I need to revisit.
This imposing statue of Iceland's favourite son, Leifur Eiriksson,
overlooks downtown Reykjavik from in front of the Hallgrímskirkja.
This imposing statue of Iceland's favourite son, Leifur Eiriksson,
Thingvellir is the historical site of Iceland's Althing, the oldest parlimentary system of government still in existence. Although the seat of the Althing is in Reykjavik today, parliament is officially opened each year at this site. The reason the spot was originally chosen was because the rock cliff reflected sound well and all the people could easily hear what was said by their leaders. When I first walked this path between the two rock faces, I assumed that this was the fault line that famously separates Europe and North America.
In fact, this is only one side of it.
Those mountains on the far side of the lake are about half way to the other side of the fault that runs diagonally through the whole of the island nation.
The national flag graces this UNESCO world heritage site.
Thingvallabaer, alongside the Thingvellir church, is the official residence of the Prime Minister although it is more of a tourist centre now.
Everything they say about Icelandic blondes is true.
This is one tongue of the Vatnajokull glacier, the largest glacier in Europe. It didn't seem all that big until we realised just how far away it was. Standing at the base of it, the edge towered over us as much as 60-70 metres or more.
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