A day in Iceland - by Jake

Replica dress and spear from the Saga Museum

Today we went to several waterfalls and they helped me appreciate the beauty of Iceland and nature. I also can appreciate the hardships that the native Icelandic people went through when Iceland was first settled and that they go through every year in the winter and during volcanic eruptions because of the museums Saga, Eyjafjallajokull, and Skogar.

Behind the Seljalandsfoss waterfall

Saga was about vikings and showed how hard life was during the time of the vikings and helped me appreciate the time that I live in now. Eyjafjallajokull is the volcano that erupted in 2010 disrupting air traffic in Europe and that helped me appreciate not living in the shadow of a volcano. Skogar was more modern machinery from air traffic to sea traffic and land traffic and it helps me appreciate living below the arctic circle.

Anther shot from behind the Seljalandsfoss waterfall

A picture of the volcano visitor center sign...

Since the view of the volcano was obscured by clouds.

Skogafoss waterfall

Part of the automatic telephonic exchange from 1932.This exchange was closed in 1994, after 62 years of service. This was from the Skogar Museum.

 

1931 Ford Model AA which was used for postal delivery and passenger transport in the 1930's