Seljandfoss

Iceland - Land of the Trolls

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October 13th 2005
Friday 14th October First day!Pulled on thermals - long johns, the lot - and started walking through the bleak outskirts of town into Reykjavic, a Force 9 gale at our backs, sleet hurling down, grey sea lapping at the shoreline below the road, still desperately trying to find something interestingly Icelandic, and privately getting a bit worried about the unrelenting high-rise skyline. But t ... read more

Europe » Iceland

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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