We left early morning and were heading to Reykjavik and Skogar; a village close to that volcano, which made some troubles recently. We drove trough breathtaking landscapes and huge empty spaces.
Our first stop was in Glaumbaer with turfhouses; typical home for the first settlers living on Iceland. In the church of the village there is statue for Snorie Dorfindson, the first Europaen born in north america in 1003 and lived later in Iceland. Oficially America was discovered first by C. Columbus in 1492.
Our second stop was Surtshellir with its lava tubes. It is a highly active volcanic area, where the new lava was erroding a several km long lava tunel in the old lava. You are free to walk in this tubes....
In the evening we arrived after 750km in Skogar, which is on the south cost; close to Eyjafallajökull; the recently air traffic limiting volcano.
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