Golden Circle –Iceland Part 3

Golden Circle – made up of Gullfoss, Geysir & Pingvellir

Another waterfall… but I can’t remember the name

Next: Geysir

Geysir is the oldest geyser that can spout boiling water up to 60m high but unfortunately it doesn’t erupt anymore. Luckily we still have the Strokkur nearby that erupts frequently up to 20m high.

 

 

Took me quite awhile to cut & edit this… watch how Strokkur erupts!

Next: Gullfoss

Lunch time!   Icelandic Lamb soup!

Þingvellir

Pingvellir has been inscribed upon the World Heritage List of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Inscription on this list confirms the exceptional universal value of Pingvellir which deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity.

Pingvellir is a protected national park, regarded by icelanders as the shrine of their nationhood. It has been inscribed on the World Heritage List for its cultural and historical significance, its unique natural environment and its remarkable geology on the boundary of the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. As the site of Iceland’s ancient legal and judicial assembly, the Alping, Pingvellir embodies Viking age concepts of social structure, law and authority. On these values the early settlers of Iceland shaped a new society, accompanied by a remarkable flowering of literary culture. Pingvellir contributes to  and symbolizes the icelandic national identity.

 

Bye! I’m walking to America… 

 

Bah… didn’t quite make it to America…