Farewell to the Land of Fire and Ice - July 28, 2021

We disembarked our small ship at 9 am and climbed aboard our tour bus. We are experiencing the best weather of the trip. It is sunny and warm with no wind. There is a volcano erupting today. We can see the white steam and brown ash blowing out to sea.

We asked our bartender Richie to take a farewell photo. He is from the Philippines and his life’s dream is own a motorcycle shop in Manila.

Our first stop was Klavala Lake - glass flat with reflections in the water.

Our next stop was the Krysuvic sulfur and mud hot springs. I love the smell of sulfur in the morning.

We stopped at the Viking museum. There is a replica of Lief Ericsson’s boat Islendingur in the museum. Lief is the son of Eric the Red. Lief is alleged to have landed in North America (Vinland) 500 years prior to Columbus.

Here is a statue of Floki. In 868, Flóki left to search for the land found by Garðar Svavarsson way up in the north. He was accompanied by his family on his journey; his wife was named Gró and his children included Oddleifur and Þjóðgerður. From Western Norway he set sail to the Shetland Islands where it is said his daughter drowned. He continued his journey and landed in the Faroe Islands where another of his daughters was wed. There he took three ravens to help him find his way to Iceland, and thus, he was nicknamed Raven-Flóki.

Floki has a scotch named after him that is sheep dung smoked.

We stopped at The Bridge Between the Continents. This small bridge crosses the gap between the tectonic plates between Europe/Asia and North America. It is possible to stand on two continents at the same time.

In this photo I am holding up the Bridge Between the Continents.

So ends our saga in the Land of Fire and Ice. Until next time be well our friends.