Reykjavik

We arrived in Reykjavik about 1:30 but couldn't check into our hotel so went for a wander.

The Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre is an amazing building, completed in 2011 it features a distinctive coloured glass facade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.

The coloured glass makes for some very interesting patterns both outside and inside.

We then headed off to visit the cathedral which, co-incidentally, is also inspired by basalt rocks and lava flow. The statue in front of the cathedral is of Leif Erikson but strangely there is no mention of what he is most famous for - The High Chapparal :)

The inside is very plain but rather beautiful and there was an organist practising.  If my Dad had been with me, no doubt he would have chatted the organist up and been offered a chance to play.

We noticed a lot of painted building walls during our brief walk around Reykjavik, too good to be classed as graffiti - I guess urban art is the correct description.

Even the manhole covers get a treatment.

This final one made me chuckle, we persuaded Dirk to stagger past the cans pretending he was drunk and clutching his Red Cross bag (he'd just paid €50 for an Icelandic jumper in the charity shop)

Well, that's the end - I've thoroughly enjoyed my trip around Iceland and thank you for following me.

Gullfoss to Reykjavik

There was an optional early shoot this morning but I wasn't very impressed with the proposed site (mistake!) and chose to have a bit of a lie in.  In actual fact I spent most of the time gazing out of my bedroom window as dawn broke, so lots of similar views.

And so after breakfast we loaded the bus for the final time and headed for Reykavik, about a 2 hour drive across a National Park.  Some views from along the way but the bus had tinted windows so the colours are a bit strange but they show the beautiful landscape.

This is a public toilet apparently.

Day trippers from Reykjavik causing traffic chaos by stopping on the roadside.

A power plant on a small holding, harnessing the thermal waters underground.

Last Sunset

As planned, we went back for sunset at the very remote area we'd visited earlier in the day. Unfortunately there was quite a lot of cloud cover and having been there earlier I struggled to find anything different to what I'd shot before. Except of course the colours, which changed constantly.  I've taken multiple exposures at different settings with the intention of combining them for the "perfect" image when I have time but these are more of less straight from camera.

Sadly my camera skills don't do justice to this fabulous landscape, but hopefully they give you a flavour the place.