Smiþur

Hot springs at Geysir. "We visit the Geysir (387 ft.) and the other hot springs near it. The Geysir (old Norse, “bubbling'), mentioned as early as the 13th cent., has become a generic name for hot fountains. ... The visitor must often be content to hear a subterranean rumble and the subdued gurgle of seething waters".--Baedeker 1912. DSC_1125

Iceland's Golden Circle

May 30th 2022
The "Golden Circle" is the popular name for a tour of Iceland's most popular tourist destinations: Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir hot springs and Thingvellir National Park. (Baedeker in 1910 didn't call them that, but did list them as the top places to visit in Iceland!) They can all be visited in a day tour out of Reykjavik. Our Globus circle tour of Iceland began with these destinations. Driving ... read more

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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland ... ... read more

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