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Wow what an eventful, and wet day! Woke up early, partly because of my OCD and not wanting to sleep in and miss the rental agency's pickup at 9am, the other reason because the guesthouse was not the most pleasant sleeping experience! No worries, we only stayed one night and the rest of our trip should have some better comfortable hotels. Got picked up, and driven over to our vehicle which was waiting for us downtown. It's a great little car, although it was a standard, and we had requested automatic. But likeliest European countries they laugh at the people who drive automatic on their country roads and I decided to live the adventure! So we were off, thank goodness for Charles (our sexy GPS voice) we were quickly take. Our of the city into the greenlands of Iceland! And yes I do mean green! Stunning it tell ya! And while Bonnie marvelled at the green hills and mountains, I was quickly getting dizzy at the vast amount of roundabouts there were! It's crazy! Our first stop was the national park. Which amazingly enough the sun came out as we walked around. Then there was the geysers near Gullfoss...which like some women erupt at the most unexpected times! The rain caught up to us there, but luckily the hot water from the geysers kept us pretty warm. By the time we hit the Gulfoss falls, it was a downpour. So brave Bonnie headed out of the car to take pictures. She found us road however that took us down closer and wouldn't you know it, the rain stopped just enough for us to see it and take some nice pics. I am posting a couple here. Finally out last stop before the hotel was Keriö. It's this amazing deep crater where they think the source of the magma for the volcanoes came from. That's what I think the sign said. And of course, Mother Nature once more was kind enough to hold the rain off until we had the chance to walk around the giant hole in the ground. Once we got back in the car..it was time to find our hotel and settle in. We were wet, tired and exhausted on this adventurous day.. And it's only the beginning! Had a buffet dinner at the hotel..and Bonnie tried Puffin! But she felt very bad about it. To be a good friend I tried it too..and lets just say there is not much need to try it again!:) till tomorrow where we leave the golden circle and head further east! Ciao
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