This was my fourth trip to Iceland (first time 2003) and once again, I was overwhelmed by its beauty, wildness and rawness. It is my FAVORITE place to go!
I am not exaggerating when I say it looks like a picture postcard, everywhere you go, in every direction! Even when it rains almost everyday of a two-week vacation and the temperatures remain in the 40s and 50s. (It also snowed three times.)
Take a look at this slideshow of some representative images.
Geldingadalir volcano erupting next to one of its many lava fields 
a wall of seemingly hardened lava, about 15-20 feet high 
looking inside the seemingly hardened lava 
lava run has since closed the path we climbed to see the volcano (visible in the distance) 
one of many, many waterfall 
simple running stream 
glacier 
same glacier lake 
glacier lake 
meandering stream 
reindeer 
beautiful Icelandic horses 
lamb season everywhere 
misty eastern fjords, black sand beach 
farm in an ideal setting 
eastern fjords 
eastern fjords – nope, not the same farm 
boy paddleboarding in fjords 
tiny harbor by puffin rookery 
puffin rookery 
puffin nests in side of hill 
meandering river through basalt columns 
yet another waterfall 
another waterfall (can you find the human in this picture?) 
another waterfall through basalt columns 
David on the beach 
eastern fjords with island 
our ONE sunny day 
just like the rocky coast of Maine 
blue water, even on a grey day 
small cute churches abound
Toby A. Smith 
So beautiful Toby! Iceland is on my bucket list! Thanks for sharing! Be well
Lynn Engelbert
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You MUST get there! It’s good to hear from you, Lynn. Be well.
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