It's brandnew and size does matter: The newest exhibition in Reykjavík features 23 life-size mammals, that are (or once were) found around the North Atlantic island. "Whales of Iceland" opened with the beginning of March 2015 and the pure largeness of its exhibits - the biggest whale is 23 meters long - is worth the visit! All the animals on display are replicas, sculptured by a local artist. But have a look by yourself!
Colourful and cold: Round about 120.000 of Island's total population of 325.000 people live in or around Reykjavík, Island's capital. Downtown is packed with bars and cafes, where Islanders and tourists spend their time. No wonder; what else would YOU do during a winternight, that lasts two full month?
It's the classical tour for visitors of Iceland: The so-called Golden Circle, which allows you to visit three mayor places of interest within one day. It comprises Gullfoss Waterfall, Thingvellir National Park and hot spring area around Haukadalur with the famous natural phenomena: geysers.
Gulfoss Waterfall: a most impressive glacial runoff, noisy, deathly cold and in winter partly frozen.
Thingvellir National Park: a world heritage site of historical and geological importance: location of the ancient viking's annual parliament and also a place, where the Eurasian and the Norther American plates are visually drift apart - by means of 2 centimeters or 0,8 inch per year.
Geyser in Haukadalur: site of the Great Geysir, which actually is THE one geyser, that gave name to all other geysers and, furthermore, is the only Icelandic word, that was
adopted by other languages in the world.
To travel Iceland, the northernmost state of Europe, has always been on my bucket list of places to see before I die - as well as New Zealand (haven'n been there yet), South Africa (haven'n been there yet) or Tierra del Fuego (haven'n been there yet either). But when my office offered me to visit the land of the Vikings for a short business trip, I took my chance. I didn't regret it at all, despite the cold in February: geyser landscapes, vulcanoe beaches, frozen waterfalls... here are some impressions of what I saw (more to come soon!).
June 2014, Texas. 13 days. 1816 miles (aka 2923 kilometers). 9 cities. 4 cameras. 873 pictures (after sort out). And a countless number of heartwarming, awesome, exciting, unexspected and cheerful moments and experiences. Thank you so much for making this adventure possible and being our friends: Lina and Jeff, Nami and Jess, Sara and Fabian, John Ed, John Wesley, Sarah, Christian, Kayleb, Debra and Brian with Marcus and Lucas, Cathy, Kendra, Sarah and Daryl, Mary, Angela, and, especially, Monique. Thanks a million, cuz!
The first and the last station of our Texas Tour 2014: Dallas!
A few snapshots of savage, wild and other animals, that came across the front of our cameras during our Texas Tour 2014.
It seemed we don't have much luck with wheather when it comes to city trips. But then we were told that rain in Hamburg is not a bug, it's a feature. Great...! Still we got soaked on the second day of our visit - after 30° C the first night, sitting outside in a bar at downtown until midnight. But everything else was awesome. We had excellent food at the Bullerei, enjoyed terrific cocktails at Germany's best bar, the Lion, and watched a splendid display of fireworks on the Außenalster as a celebration of the Japanisches Kirschblütenfest, right in front of our hotel.
Hamburg is worth more than just one visit - and we'll come back!
