Island and its beauties

Akurery, cloudy this morning at 6°.
We had a very stormy journey last night. The drawers in our cabin were moving on their own. It was quite restless on board. Nevertheless, we are well-rested and curious to start the new day. Our today's port is Akureyri, the fourth largest city in Iceland. Akureyri is also known as the 'Pearl of the North'.

It is said that here, although so close to the Arctic Circle, the weather is unusually mild and rain-free.
Well, let's see if the ☁️cloud cover☁️ clears up. But our captain just informed us that we will have liquid sunshine all day.

Godafoss waterfall - also known as the 'Waterfall of the Gods'.

The reason for the name comes from a time thousands of years ago when the Norwegian king was of Christian faith and wanted Icelanders to also convert to Christianity. A farmer was chosen to make the decision for the Icelandic population. At that time, Icelanders had various gods and idols. The appointed farmer, whose name I can't write, let alone pronounce, threw his idol into the waterfall and since then the waterfall has been called Godafoss waterfall... Goda is the abbreviation of the farmer's name.

Then we drove to the lava formations of Dimmuborgir. Here we find dark, bizarre and winding lava formations that we admired during a walk.

Steaming, hissing and bubbling, Namaskard in the solfatara area shows us what lies beneath our feet. 2 km deeper in the earth, the magma is boiling.

Very impressive, what we saw today.

In fact, the weather was mostly in liquid form, which didn't really bother us, as we enjoyed the beauties of Iceland too much.