We’re leaving Borgarnes, to the kids’ despair. They were in the barn even before the farmer to feed the animals and to say good bye.

The plan was to drive to the southern coast via the Golden Circle. The weather was not very engaging, but there wasn’t much other options.

We stopped at Thingvellir, place of one of the world’s oldest parliament. Where people would gather once a year is also a place where tectonic plates drift appart. Thingvellir is located at the middle of the medio-atlantic ridge. We went to see the spectacular alignments of faults in the basalt on the ‘american’ side, walked down to the lögberg (where the law was proclaimed).

We continued our trip to Geysir. We were met by heavy rain, so didn’t stay long. Fortunately the main geyser, Strokkur, was very active with an eruption every 5 minutes, so we didn’t have to wait long.

Finally, we reached Gullfoss, a spectacular waterfall.

We left the Golden Circle completely wet, but saw blue sky and a warm sun when we reached the southern coast. Finally!