Iceland, a breathtaking experience

The first thing you should know about Iceland is that it is nowhere near as cold as its name implies. During our trip in august 2008 we didn't feel colder than 10 degrees Celsius but time by time very windy.
The idea going to this unusual holiday target came from Sylvia, our daughter. She was choosing for a not crowded tourist place in Europe during the high season.
Now after our return from this island I was forced from many of my friends to post the photos I captured. It gives an small impression and its a taster for some bodies next adventure tour.
Our trip on Iceland was just a small part on the big island, from Reykjavik to Höfn, passing the foothills of impressive glaciers, along black beaches and never-ending fields of lava. A journey for about 1,700 km - and we just visited the southern part of Iceland by going the highway no. 1. The electric green landscape is full of wide open spaces and geological wonders: intricately carved mountains, belching mud pools, steaming hot springs, blinding glaciers, heavenly waterfalls and hellish volcanoes.
Why the old Norsemen who first came here gave such an icy name to a such a green country is a mystery, but there is an old legend: the first Viking to discover the island wanted to keep it all to himself, so he named the green country “Iceland” and the icy country “Greenland,” hoping that future settlers would head further north.
You are welcome to browse through my photo stream from this amazing part of the world.
It takes time to work on the photos and their descriptions, so please have patience. I'll post all my selected photos during the next two or three weeks.

The first thing you should know about Iceland is that it is nowhere near as cold as its name implies. During our trip in august 2008 we didn't feel colder than 10 degrees Celsius but time by time very windy. The idea going to this unusual holiday target came from Sylvia, our daughter. She was choosing for a not crowded tourist place in Europe during the high season. Now after our return from this …  (read more)