Sunday, November 17, 2024

Iceland 2024

Iceland



We had an excellent 11 day trip with Odysseys Unlimited "Exploring Iceland" in October 2024.

Our Hotels:

All the hotels were clean and had plenty of room

Hotel Selfoss (2 nights)

Fosshotel Myvatn (2 nights)

Siglo Hotel (1 night)

Hotel Husafell (2 nights)

Hotel Reykjavik Centrum (2 nights)

Waterfalls: (foss in Icelandic)

Skogafoss

 

Seljalandsfoss


Dettifoss

2 kilometer round trip walk over rough terrain to get to Dettifoss

Hraunfossar (fresh water springs flowing out of porous layers of lava rock)


Gullfoss (see 2 men in bottom left corner of photo for scale)

Scenery:


Structures:

 Iceland's main religion is Lutheran, they have one Catholic church and one mosque.

Church in Reykjavik, first morning

Church up hill from Vik. Looks different in the TV show Katla.

Church in Husavik


Baccala Bar in Hauganes, the best Fish and Chips in Iceland.

Turf houses in Glaumbaer

Outside the Blue Lagoon spa.