Between plates

Not plates of food (for once, my life seems not to be focused on food - though Helga has taken great care to educate me about typical Icelandic food... that will have to be a future post) but something much more significant - continental plates.

Today I walked through a rift that is a sort of no-man´s land between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates. As if this were not humbling enough, the area we were wandering through is the site of the world´s oldest parliament - the Alþingi, founded in 930 at þingvellir. It´s difficult to say what is more impressive - the history, geography or natural beauty of this stunning place.

From here we continued on to Geysir and watched several remarkable eruptions of the smaller Strokkur (Geysir himself having been worn out by the repeated use of soap to enhance the dramatics of the eruptions). Egill, Friðrik and I had a great time poking around the many hot streams running down the surface and Jonas got some great shots through the mist. Watch his flickr for details...