It seems like such a big place after the other places we’ve been in - 140,000 pop. We have a pretty outlook from our cabin, away from the city.
It is COLD - beanies and gloves. 11 deg C. Clear day, some cloud, windy.
We have one more excursion today with the cruise. Last day on the ship then 2 more days on our own here in Reykjavík.
So we are in the Land of Fire and Ice - definitely fire today. Our first stop is Reykenas Peninsula (Reykjansbaer) where they have an orange code as they are expecting another volcanic eruption … the 4000 people who live in the nearby town of Grindavik have been mostly evacuated with only a few opting to stay overnight. [See POSTSCRIPT last post]
This is a photographic tour - we stop at Reykjanesviti, the oldest lighthouse in Iceland, constructed in 1878.
Then, Iceland’s largest mud pool, Gunnuhver in an area of mud pools and steam vents; it was boiling vigorously and the steam gushed over us.
Next: the Mid-Atlantic rift which separates the North American from the Eurasian Plate. It is spreading apart at rates of 2 to 5 cm per year, and is 1 to 3 km deep. Here on the Reykenas Peninsula, is one of the only places on earth where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is visible above sea level.
After lunch, we drove to at the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula at Garður where there are the Garðskagi lighthouses standing side by side: the old one (built 1897) and the new (built 1944).
Have to say, I was a bit over lighthouses by the end of the day; could have done with some variety in photographic subjects, a smaller group AND people returning to the bus ON TIME! Talk about precious!! And don’t talk to me about toilet stops; a few of them needed catheter bags: we waited soooo lonnnng …
We are both pleased this is the end of the cruise.
We enjoyed our last dinner on board with the sun setting.
Walked 6.8 kms (some extra walking filling in time waiting for people at loos …).
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