{"id":9743,"date":"2023-11-30T23:26:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T06:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9743"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:00:46","slug":"iceland-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/30\/iceland-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This last October, I made another trip to Iceland. After arriving in Keflavik airport and renting a car, I headed to Reykjavik. My flight had arrived an hour earlier than scheduled. Having visited several times in the past, I knew my way around the city. I entered the center of the city by means of the road along the waterfront. It was sunrise by the time I reached the city. Along the waterfront is the “Sun Warrior” sculpture, that was lit by the sunrise. Fortunately there were no crowds in the area, so I was able to capture the following image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sun Warrior, Reykjavik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After visiting Sun Warrior, I had some breakfast and then headed out to a fjord. This would give me the opportunity of taking a nap during the day to overcome jet lag and make some photographs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hvalfjor\u00f0ur” is a fjord some 30 kms north of Reykjavik. The road around this fjord was part of the ring road until a tunnel was constructed to cross the fjord in the 1990’s. I always like to visit this fjord since it is a short drive from Reykjavik. A bit of history: during World War 2, this fjord was used as an allied naval base.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nature Reserve, Hvalfjor\u00f0ur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I made my way around the fjord. This is a really pretty drive with some great scenery. One of my favorite spots along the road is the “Laxa i Kjos” (salmon river). This river is a crossed by a single-lane bridge that passes small waterfalls as the river makes its way down to the fjord.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Laxa i Kjos River, Hvalfjor\u00f0ur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Later, I managed to get a nap and then returned to Reykjavik. I spent some time near the harbor, where I made this image of the Harpa Concert Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This concert hall has glass windows that has colored panes in random locations. Here is one of the images that I made inside the hall, that shows some details of the windows.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Harpa Concert Hall Window Detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The next morning, I headed to the next destination, again passing through Hvalfjor\u00f0ur. Here is another image that I made of the waterfall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Waterfall, Laxa i Kjos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

En route to Grundarfjor\u00f0ur, there were a couple of herds of Icelandic horses along the roadside.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Horses, West Iceland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I parked the car at a close by parking area and made my way towards the horses. There were two groups of horses; one on each side of the road. As I approached the fence, several horses made their way to greet me. I had the opportunity of capture several images of these wonderful horses.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pair Of Horses, West Iceland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After arriving in Grundarfjor\u00f0ur, and checking into the hostel, I headed to Kirkjufell that is located just outside the town. Here is one of the images that I made here.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kirjufell, Near Sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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