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When we first arrived I was scared we were in the wrong place. Looked a lot like Mountain Home.
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We drove directly to Thingeviller. The only place in the world were you can easily see the tectonic plates move apart from each other.
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Lucky for us it stays light late into the morning, this was about 8pm
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You can stand on the American tectonic plate and look over at the European tectonic plate.
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This is the only place in the world where it is easy to see it above sea level.
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It was AH-MAZING.
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I couldnt stop thinking about an earthquake!
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Rocks very obviously formed by lava at some point..
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Reflecing in Iceland ;)
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We saw a lot of Icelandic sheep on our road trip through Iceland...sooo cute!
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Bah-bah blacksheep!
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Second stop for the evening, after driving an hour on dirt roads hoping we were headed in the right direction! Gulfoss falls
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Ohmygoodness was this amazing. Brought tears to my eyes!
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The sun was setting a bit, it was around 10 at this point..
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You could get soooo close to the edge, it was insane. And amazing.
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My husband being an ass and standing on the very, very edge.
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Pictures do not capture the size at all!
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Facing down the falls
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Facing up the falls
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Lotta spray!
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Spray and path
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Some more sheep!
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Crazy clouds hugging the mountains
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The smallest hotel room ever. Our cruiseship room is bigger!
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Day two - viking ship sculpture along the shore..
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House with a grass roof?
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Leif Erickson statue given to Iceland by the US
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The Hallgrímskirkja church is one of the most popular attractions...of course, it was under construction...
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Very cool organ inside...looks like mufflers :)
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Another Stella cafe for Stella Bella!
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We decided to try and find a geothermal area before we headed to the airport...
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We found it! Steaming mountains are always a good indication there is some sort of geothermal actitivty ;)
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Oh wow was it stinky. Wow. Wow. Yuck.
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Very cool though...boiling water coming out of cracks in the earth!
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Icelandic Horses....sooo beautiful! They are the only horse breed allowed on the island, the breed was brought to Iceland by the vikings.
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Looks like a scene from Toys :)
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The Blue Lagoon...we had plans to swim...but it was $30 per person and we only had three hours before our flight.
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The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa. The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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Flying over Greenland again...friggin amazing! I stared out the window for hours! ICE and snow as far as the eyes could see!
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View from our hotel landing
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Stiiiiiinky!
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