Continuing to bum around in the area just south of the Eyjafjallajökull, after the eruption, but before the cleanup.

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Here's another view of the Esja, about 320 degrees around (the missing 40 is just a wall of rock).

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If the sun was in the sky at Thingvellir, and it was gone at Gullfoss, where did we enjoy the sunset? Why, there's only one item left on the Golden Circle Tour: Geysir of course! The ground was covered in a thick layer of ice, the hot water was producing steam and clouds like crazy, and reflecting and shining through all this was the wonderful orange sunset in some of the purest skies in the world. This was without a doubt one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, and I'm not sure I managed to convey just how amazing it was in these pictures. But without any further comment: enjoy nonetheless!

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Again, revisiting a location from last fall. Perhaps not as spectacular as Gullfoss, as there wasn't really time to descend down to the actual lake (cursed be thee, guided tours), but still not bad. And yeah, more sunsets!

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Ok, time for the Winter Edition of the golden circle tour! You may remember the Gullfoss waterfall in the fall. I revisited this spot on January 2nd, 2010, when the tour guide estimated it be "about minus 25". The suffering I endure for this blog! But the view was worth it...

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Time to get out of the city again and onto yet another tourist bus trip!
One of the sights we stopped at was just the tip of the glacier called Sólheimajökull. This was basically just to get an idea of what it looks like; for a closer look you could do a glacial walk trip, but I'll wait with that until it's a bit warmer -- it'll be cold enough as is.

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Early November the days were still long enough to get a bus to Mount Esja and do a little hike. Esja is the ridge you could spot in the background on previous pics, and since it's only about 1.000 meters, it's a healthy walk but nothing too crazy, ahem.

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Going to the other end of the island, and saying goodbye.

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...variations on the theme...

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Višey is a small island off the coast of Reykjavik; a five minute ferry trip and you're there. It still succeeds in getting you away from the "city", even though it's basically just a couple of smallish hills and vegetation made of dry sticks. It's a nice walk to follow the encircling trail, and enjoy the amazing view.

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Next thing people think of when you say "Iceland": geysers!

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The waterfall Gullfoss is one of the main tourist attractions over here and so it was also on my first-introductions-tour. I'm not very happy with how the pictures turned out, and feel like I'm scraping bottom of the barrel here to have something to show. That's not so bad, though, because this winter I'm planning to go back: Gullfoss (partially) freezes over and this is something I must see!

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