Viking monument in the harbor of Reykjavik

The hotel is well heated using hot springs, and you can enjoy the feeling of hot springs with the smell of sulfur. The port is undergoing reclamation work and a large building is under construction. Stay in Iceland for 10 days. Planned a trip based in an apartment hotel in the city of Reykjavik.

Reykjavik harbor is a rush to build large buildings

Euro price displays are now ubiquitous. (Applied to Euro member countries in August 2009) Prices continue to inflate, but they are still cheap for travelers. Reykjavik means "Smoke Harbor". The Island discovered by the Vikings is fluttering with the smoke of hot springs born from volcanoes everywhere.

A mysterious waterfall that springs from the basement, Hraunfossar(Lava Falls)

kazu

yoshi

midori

mo-ri

sigeko

fusae

Iceland tells the history of the earth. Fjord where the beauty of nature is often seen on the coastline. There are geothermal power plants in various places, and thanks to the hot springs, there are lakes that do not freeze even in winter. Enactment of the world's first constitution, election of the world's first female president (1980).　

Greenland

Travel companions immersed in the blue lagoon

Pasture with glaciers in the background

Glacial lake cruising

Glacier trekking

Cracks in the earth

Vatnajokull

Poppy flowers in the Akureyri botanical garden

Night view of the town of Reykjavik

Hot spring smoke is ubiquitous

Reykjavik Geothermal Power Plant

Akureyri Golden Circle (a popular area for sightseeing in Iceland), Hohun (a glacier walk), Westman Islands (a sanctuary for seabirds), etc. We have taken a step toward exploring the history of the earth. The travel coordinator is Mizuho Watanabe, who has lived in Reykjavik for 10 years.

Start from a day when you do nothing with your own interpretation. Search from the northern town tomorrow. Akureyri was scheduled to stay overnight, but I couldn't make a hotel reservation, so a day tour. It's hard to leave at 6:30 in the early morning.

The traveling companions are Morio Furuya (a friend for 50 years) and Kazuo Hayashi, a younger sister and his wife. A little tired from the adventures of glaciers and iceberg cruises on long trips. Reykjavik is rainy, cold strong winds blow, and dark clouds are a great rest day. Resting without doing anything.

At that time, the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979) was born, but no female president was born in any country in the world. It is also fresh in my memory that such an Island country went bankrupt in June 2008. Icelandic krone has fallen by more than half, and at the same time the economy has fallen.

Prologue

Faroe Islands

Iceland

The old days and now of the town of Reykjavik

Black sand lagoon