Eldborg

A day with thousands of impressions started with a drive a long the westcoast. An unplanned 60 km. detour and spectacular sights. The route brought us around tall looming mountains and down a 130 m deep tunnel through hvalfjordur. The purpose of the trip was Eldborg the vulcano that had inspired Jules Verne in his writings but before we got that far we had to miss a sign and drive 25 km to Graabork which is a 150 m tall vulcano near Bifrost. It was tall and all black from the lava slag. When we made it to Eldborg it was worth the trip. A 3 km hike and then a steep climb was managed before we stood a the narrowest rim and looked down into the crater. It was awesome. I can easily see the inspiration. The day wasn't done with those sights. We made good use of the midnight sun and managed to see the continental rift where the american and eurasian tectonic plates are moving a part in the Reykjanes peninsula. When we made it back to the hotel at midnight it was still so bright you could read a book.

Blaa leonid

Two days of extensive travelling required some relaxation. So many hours were spent in the soothing wafers of the blue lagoon before heading to Keflavik airport, the US and Erik!