How can you visit Europe and North Anerica in under 1 minute?

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This morning brought snoozing until late (9am).

Once we got going we drove to the Bridge Between Continents. At this point you are witnessing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge pulling apart. Thus you can walk across the bridge and you move from The Eurasian Continental Plate to the North American Continental Plate. The average separation is 2cm a year or 6 meters in 100 years. This process means the Atlantic Ocean is growing and Iceland is on the growth path. This rift of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge extends from the point in Reykjanes Peninsula to Thingvellir to Lake Myvatn.

We also spent some time 'holding' up the bridge. #reykjanes

Then we continued along searching for the planets (the geothermal plant in the area has a sun and then the planets are stretched in correct distance and size from that sun) on the volcanic plains. We continued until we passed the geothermal plant and the lighthouse. There we found the statue of the Great Auk. It was a flightless bird that lived in the North Atlantic. The last known pair of Great Auks were killed on the island of Eldey which is off the coast of Iceland on the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Needless to say Emma and Noah had great joy in posing with the statue.

Next we visited Gunnhver's geothermal hole.

Now we turned North to visit the lighthouses in Gardur.

Then back to the house for lunch and relaxing. After that the kids went out over the sea wall to play on the flats with the tide out. Next thing we know they've videotaped a huge staged production. Including Noahs blood from his knee scraping the rocks. We will post that once it's edited at home.

Mary, Emma, and Judith then went into Keflavik to get last minute items - first to Netto for cards and yarn. Then to a wonderful gift and animal feed store on the other side of Keflavik (on the main road close to the water in the shopping street). The man that ran the shop was great. He helped us with our questions and spent the entire time joking with us. I highly recommend his shop based on items and his jovial (& jokester) nature. At one point I asked if I could see the inside of the cookbook and he flatly said no. So I said Oh shucks and swung my arm with a snap. He started laughing and said I'm joking and I told him that I knew - I have three brothers.
On the way through Keflavik, Judith made a wrong turn and ended up in Paris - haha. They have sculpture in the town with international themes.

Now we are all sitting here chilling. And ironically watching River Monsters in which he is tracing ideas for the Loch Ness Monster. The reason the kids are enthralled is that he visited a lake we stayed by that is rumored to have a worm monster (check out YouTube video from 2012). Sam of course said that we already learned this and the show could have asked us. We've debated about going into Reykjavik or maybe to some old fishing huts tomorrow. So we will see. Flight leaves at 4:50pm Icelandic time.

In the last photos you will see me modeling my new Icelandic wool sweater. Hand made by a 80-year old lady between Akureyi and Dalvik.

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