Back home again

[ea_calendula]

Back home again - after 3 days on the Faeroe Islands and 7 days in Iceland - with lots and lots of photos that now needs sorting. I'm going to make a proper (and not too extensive ;) 'Net album, but here's a preview.

It was a great trip, and I saw a lot. The Faeroe Islands is a small, pretty country, and Iceland is large and dramatic and quite

Comments

[mara_snh]

Ea, what fabulous photographs! I've always heard that Iceland was a beautiful place to visit. The hot springs intrigue me. Did you go there?

[ea_calendula]

Thank you - I do my best ;)

I didn't exactly try to bathe in any of the places where that is possible (there weren't really time), but I saw a lot of what you could call evidence of geothermal activity. I have some photos where you can see the steam rising from the ground - and a photo of Snorri Sturlasons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri) hot-tub from early medieval times (restored in the 19th century though). And of course my second last photo of this blog post, is also a hot spring of a sort - though not a place you'd want to bathe, unless you were suicidal :D

[mara_snh]

Such a wild place, and fascinating. I'm glad you were able to have that adventure, even though it wasn't for long enough. Thanks for sharing your photos.

[ea_calendula]

It's never long enough, is it? :D But then, for me, vacation means exploring and experiencing - not sitting still in one place. Got the photos from the Faeroes sorted BTW ( next blog post).