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Snaefellsnes Peninsula

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Wednesday was WINDY like gusts up to 40 mph, sustained 18-20 mph. We had to be careful which direction we parked our car, you could really dent your neighbor's car if the wind grabs the door! We had a full agenda today. We started with Kirkjufell mountain.  We had pulled into the parking lot before we realized it was a pay lot. By "pay lot" I really mean "pay a lot"! Lesson learned, $11.00 and 15 minutes later. Ugh. Next stop was a quickie -Bugsfoss. Here you can start to get an idea of the wind. The wind is blowing the water up in the waterfall! Next stop Olafsvik. We saw the cool, triangular church. It looks like a ship from the front and a salted cod fish from above.  This waterfall was right outside of town. Baejarfoss. We saw lots of art in Hellissandur. This is Skipid. It is by the same artist who did the Sun Voyager in Reykjavik. This was on the side of the school. Another pretty mural of a Puffin It was a nice town, we took a short walk along the coast. ...
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Icelandic Road Trip!!!

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Hello from Iceland! After visiting with Carsten's parents and friends in Germany, we left on Sunday with a quick overnight in Amsterdam. We went to a bar to watch the Germany football ⚽ match. Carsten was representing! Now we are in Iceland! Our flight landed at 7:20am - first stop Duty Free shopping for beer and wine. The VAT (tax) here is 24%, my guidebook said to buy booze at the airport! We have a lovely Dacia Duster rental car that will be our ride around the Ring Road in Iceland for the next four weeks! Get ready for lots of waterfalls and amazing scenery! We drove out to a Thermal Bath/Spa called Laugaras Lagoon. It was super relaxing. Like the Blue Lagoon, the waters are naturally heated by the underground thermal heat.  Also a dry sauna. There was a steam sauna, but if I wanted that level of humidity I would have stayed in Houston for the summer. A cautionary tale: we have a waterproof case for a cell phone. To make it easy to use I temporarily removed the PIN security - t...
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