The tour we chose for Thursday was "Golden Circle Classic".
Our tour guide informed us due to it being the shortest day of sunlight of the year we would be doing the tour in reverse. So here is what we did.
Hellisheiòi Geothermal power plant: this power plant explained how Iceland gets their water and electricity and can provide it to their citizens for free. In Iceland , they aren't charged for heating.
Bus.
Skálholt Church: famous church given to Icelanders by Norway. Pretty colored stone glass. Also had remains of old tombstones to view downstairs for 200 ISK.
Bus.
waterfall Gullfoss: this waterfall was amazing. It had three main sections to it and several little sections. Took many photos here. Issue was we were faced with hurricane winds (as my husband calls it) and I was being pushed everywhere. Also, Iceland is not called Iceland for nothing. The pathways are super slick and you will slip if you don't have good shoes. They say they salt some areas but really the ground tends to be heated because of the geothermal heat.
Bus for short time.
Hot springs of Geysir & Strokkur: Here we watched the Geysir blow up. It was neat to see the bubble expand until it exploded. Again, the wind didn't make me want to stay out too long. It was about 32 degrees, maybe , but the wind cuts that in half.
Geysir shop to eat & drink.
Bus.
Pingvellir National Park: this park makes me think of Games of Thrones. Icy paths and bridges to get across. The oldest church were parliament first met. About a 30 minute walk. Beautiful sunset then boarded bus at end of trail.
We asked to be dropped off at the Reykjavik city centre and walked to the famous hot dog stand. Cheapest meal yet of Iceland. We got the hot dog with all it came with. It was delicious.
From there we went to a gift shop and found some more goodies.
We had to run to bonus, the cheapest supermarket there, before they closed at 6:30pm to pick up dinner and snacks for hotel room.
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