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On Monday the 28th of September we spent the morning at the blue lagoon.  It was great getting time at the hot springs.  A note for future trips is to not book this on the same day as you are to depart Iceland but to give yourself the day to enjoy the experience.

We then headed to the airport for an afternoon departure for home.  The flights were on time and we arrived home 10 minutes early at 5:15 local time. This was a six hour time difference from Iceland.  

We were lucky at home as it only took us 10 minutes to clear customs.  

We have been home for three days now and are slowly adjusting to local time and our daily lives again. We are considering another Europe trip in 5 years.

ATVing and The Settlement Museum

Sunday - September 27, 2015

Today is our last full day in Iceland.  John and I took an ATV tour in the morning. We had a great ride to the top of the mountain and saw a spectacular view while taking a break before we turned around.  It was over before we began, almost.

In the afternoon we walked to the Iceland Settlement Exhibition. On the way there we saw a statue in front of a store.  It was moveable.  John only took a few pictures at the museum as his battery died.  The importance of the exhibition besides the history of Iceland is that it is built around an archeological dig the found the remnants of a home that could be traced back to before 870 AD.  They can date this because of the layer of lava rock from a volcanic eruption in 870.

It took us almost 3 hours to tour the museum.  On the way back to the hotel we stopped for a late lunch and managed to drag one more picture of John having a beer.  

The Golden Tour

Today we did our tour of the Golden Circle.  We were picked up at the hotel for 8 hours of site seeing.  Our first stop was at a thermal greenhouse where I tried a bowl of fresh tomato soup and Jong was going to have a Caesar but opted for a beer.

We then went to see the Geysir.

Next was a view of the falls.  At the falls it was really windy.  They were to reach 80 km/hour.  

At the end of this it had started to rain.  Our final site to visit was where the Teutonic plates had separated -  the European plate and the North American plate.  We will have to post these later as the pictures are on John's camera.  We were drenched by the end of this.  

This trip was nice but would have been more enjoyable if it was nice outside.  Rain is forecast until we leave on Monday.

Iceland - here we come

The last day and a bit was spent relaxing. We found a hotel and stayed put.  Yippee.

This morning was a different story.  We were up at 6 am packing last minute items, had breakfast and was on the road for Frankfurt.  There were no major delays on the autobahn thus we arrived in Frankfurt extremely early.  

We then spent 1/2 hour wasting time with the navigator's directions trying to find a gas station to fuel up the rental.  Once that was done, we returned the car and navigated the airport to check in.  

We now await our boarding time.

We will arrive in Iceland 3:40 pm local time. 

Rain Day Pictures

Good thing John is driving.