Day 3; Golden Circle & Reykjavík

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Today the tour was Golden Circle which started at 8.30am and was led by “the grandma” team, first stop was a tomato plantation where the owner gave a speech about Iceland having the best water and therefore best tomatoes…shame I don’t like tomatoes. The Geyser area was extremely icy, JA mist the first few looking at trees and posing for pictures, we got close to the main Geyser which was surrounded by ice and hilarious watching people (JA) with bad grip to try to distance themselves from the boiling water. The museum inside the shop let us experience what a 5.1 Richter scale earthquake feels like. Next stop was Gulfoss waterfall which was dressed in its winter clothes (partly frozen), this prevented us being able to walk right up to the waterside like you can in summer but the views were still amazing. The next stop was supposed to be the viewing platform in Thingvellir National Park overlooking where we snorkelled but due to bad weather we had to turn back; the wind was carrying snow and covering the road.

We just caught the end of the flea market in Reykjavik(happens every weekend) where we held a sheep’s testicle; took us a minute to realise what it was. We viewed the church (Hallgrímskirkja), harbour and viewed the sunset from Harpa music hall.

BAM

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Photos

Bam, The geyser
Second time lucky, the tree was more interesting for JA the first time

My geyser at The Geysers
JA still hadn't seen one go at this point...third time lucky

To close to the Geyser...
...but too icy to be able to move

Sunset at Harpa music hall
Big building with funky windows by the harbour, can't miss it

Hallgrímskirkja
Main church in Reykjavik