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Lunch was at Friðheimar, a greenhouse tomato farm. In the afternoon, we visited Thingvellir National Park, where the Alþing, Iceland’s original parliament, convened. It is also on a rift between the North American tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate. I declined an opportunity to try sheepshead jelly.
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| Wool-dyeing presentation by Guðrún Bjarnadóttir. |
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| Wool dyeing. Ingredients include rhubarb, cow urine, lichen, moss, various leaves and roots, mid-American insects, and indigo. |
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| Hespa wool studio. |
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| Hespa wool studio. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss. |
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| Gullfoss story. |
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| Strokkur geyser. |
| Strokkur geyser bubbling. |
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| Haukadular geothermal field. |
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| Geysir. The geyser for which others were named. |
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| Lunch in greenhouse. |
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| Greenhouse at Friðheimar. |
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| Salad at Vínstofa Friðheima. |
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| Thingvellir National Park. |
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| Thingvellir National Park. Location of the Alþing, the original Icelandic parliament and the world’s earliest parliament, around 930 CE. |
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| Thingvellir National Park. |
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| Thingvellir National Park. |
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| Slopes of volcanic terrain. |
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| Horses. |
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| Ölfusá (river in Selfoss). |
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| Ölfusá. Our guide Margrét said the different water colors were due to two rivers merging, but I think it is largely the underlying land or rock. |
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| Tree in Ölfusá |
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| Selfoss. |
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| Selfoss. This sign was out of context for me. Is Tryggvatorg a place? A town, a monument? Does it mean “safe marketplace” (from translation software)? |
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