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Photo: Drew Romano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A Tour of Iceland with Collette<\/h1>\n

Where do I begin? Iceland is so unique and so insanely interesting that I have had a challenging time trying to organize how I am going to share this with you! This post is a long one but filled with interesting facts and engaging photos. You can always bookmark it for later or better yet start a new travel adventure file for a future trip! Here we go!<\/p>\n

Iceland is called the land of fire and ice, but it should be considered the land of water as well. It is a watery wilderness with waterfalls so tall it is difficult to see the very top and others so enormous they would dwarf Niagara Falls.\u00a0Around every bend in the road there is a new natural wonder to enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Photo – Danny Kern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The fire description is attributed to the fact that the island is covered in volcanic rock and volcanoes. There are 130 volcanoes and 30 active ones! \u00a0As you drive along the primary touring highway, the Golden Circle, the landscape changes from rocky mountains and meadows, to snow covered land, to a rocky volcanic surface which looks like you just landed on the moon.<\/p>\n

The Northern Lights Tour by Collette<\/a> manages to pack a great deal in to just seven days. Everyday another fascinating aspect of nature was ours to enjoy and photograph. In addition to traveling with the tour group, my husband Craig and I traveled with Dan and Drew, the professional photographers whose goal was to capture on film what it was really like on this extraordinary tour. I will describe this bonus experience in another upcoming post.<\/p>\n

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Reykjavik<\/h2>\n
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Harpa Concert Hall is one of Reykjavik’s greatest and most distinguished landmarks. It is a cultural and social center in the heart of the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tour began and ended in the capital city of Reykjavik and it offered so many wonderful places to see. We loved the old world charm, woven with modern architecture, Icelandic culture and beautiful areas to walk and experience. We had a chance to see a little of the city and enjoyed everything about it! Reykjavik has no crime, everyone seems to know everyone and there is a happy family atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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One of the many places to stop and admire on our walking tour of Reykjavik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Nature so big you honestly can\u2019t believe your eyes<\/h2>\n
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Reynisfjara – A world famous black sand beach in Southern Iceland. These basalt stacks create this textured ethereal landscape. This location is so mesmerizing that it was featured in Season 7 of Game of Thrones – \u201cNorth of the Wall\u201d We couldn’t believe our eyes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The only way I seem to be able to describe the landscape and nature of Iceland is that it is BIG. So big, so grand, so incredible, so unique, so unusual, so interesting, so unlike anywhere you have ever visited and SO AMAZING!<\/p>\n

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As you drive around this small country the view out your window changes often, sometimes drastically. We would be driving along a flat road engaged in the scenery of the ocean and then BOOM there is Gullfoss Waterfall towering and churning with more water than you have ever seen.<\/p>\n

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The Waterfalls<\/h2>\n
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Majestic Gullfoss Waterfall – Five times higher that Niagara Falls and two times taller than Victoria Falls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each waterfall delivers another wondrous impression. You cannot get that close to Gullfoss, but the magnitude and the enormity of it blows your mind. Seljalandsfoss was wet and misty. We waited for the tour buses to go and had the place to ourselves. Skogafoss was fun because we could get incredibly close! Craig and I climbed 450 stairs (but who\u2019s counting) to get to the top to observe it from there. We were so high that the people below looked like tiny ants. It was truly magnificent.<\/p>\n

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