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Icelandic Landscape

Beautiful lake. You will be interested to know that this is where the European and American tectonic plates meet, as well as where the first parliament in the world was ever established in 930AD.
72 Hours of Sunlight!

June 18th 2007
Iceland. Who goes to Iceland? Well, that's pretty much the reason we went. Our entire trip that we planned had revolved around the 'tourist hotspots,' and Logan and I decided we wanted go somewhere a little off the beaten path. The first thing I noticed about Iceland when flying over was how flat it was. If the sea level rised a few feet, Iceland would be plunged into the Ocean. I couldn't he ... read more
Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík

Icelandic Flag 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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