After breakfast this morning the weather looked promising with the sun breaking through the clouds. We said goodbye to our new friend, Helga and took off on the bus.

Our plan today was to travel the southern part of the country near volcanos and glaciers. Our first major stop was at the Skogofoss Waterfall. It drops 200 feet off the mountain and is slightly higher than Niagara Falls. Peggy convinced me that we needed rain gear, both pants and jackets. I never took the tags off the rain pants intending to return them to Amazon. Boy, was I wrong!

Next stop the little village of Vik on the Atlantic Ocean. We stopped here for lunch and shopping. I had a huge piece of vegan lasagna that I shared for the price of $18.00. Food is very expensive in Iceland.

As we were getting back on the bus we saw people riding Icelandic horses along the ocean. These horses were brought to Iceland in 900 AD by the Vikings. They are true pure breds because no other breed of horse has been allowed in Iceland. They are both strong work horses and fast race horses. They are the size of our ponies or miniature horses.

The next stop, the best waterfall ever! It is called the Seljalandsfoss waterfall and is about the same height of the first one but more impressive in a different way.

I can’t even describe how cold it was. You could feel the ice on the hand railings. This probably wasn’t the safest decision I ever made but you only live once. Thank goodness we borrowed towels from the hotel room because my hair was soaking wet. Very happy that this happened at the end of the day.

Tomorrow is more waterfalls and geysers!