Seeking to capitalize on the splendid weather we’d been having, we decided to head out on a tour of the famous Ring Road here in Iceland with Iceland Excursions. Now, I’ve never been one to really want to do the tour thing from a bus, but I have to say this was really quite enjoyable and covered a lot more territory than we would have had we tried to do this on our own. The bus was REALLY comfortable and it was really easy to doze off during the long driving stretches between sights. This happened much more than you think due to lack of sleep caused by the partying outside, but I'll save that digression for the next post!
So back to the Ring Road: Truly a spectacular route to drive. We stopped at a geothermal steam vent, which really added to the prehistoric feel of the landscape, then on to one of the most beautiful waterfalls you’ll ever see named Gulfoss. Next was a spouting geyser by the name of Strokkur which was TOTALLY cool since we had never been to Yellowstone to see Old Faithful. Finally, we stopped at Iceland’s newest geothermal energy plant and had a tour of the facility which was very educational. All in all, a really fun and interesting day. Now, if we can just get a little sleep tonight……..!
So back to the Ring Road: Truly a spectacular route to drive. We stopped at a geothermal steam vent, which really added to the prehistoric feel of the landscape, then on to one of the most beautiful waterfalls you’ll ever see named Gulfoss. Next was a spouting geyser by the name of Strokkur which was TOTALLY cool since we had never been to Yellowstone to see Old Faithful. Finally, we stopped at Iceland’s newest geothermal energy plant and had a tour of the facility which was very educational. All in all, a really fun and interesting day. Now, if we can just get a little sleep tonight……..!
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