Iceland 2019 - Land of Fire and Ice

This was an unreal site. The sun was out (not a usual occurrence in this part of Iceland) and there were many many icebergs in the Lagoon. We went out in the Lagoon in a boat.

The Lagoon is about a mile across. The guide said her grandmother told her the Lagoon was about 50 ft in the 1940's. At the rate it is disappearing, the glacier will be gone within 100 years. Considering that the glacier has been there over 1,000 years that is a pretty big deal.

Jökulsárlón is a glacial lagoon, bordering Vatnajökull National Park in southeastern Iceland. Its still, blue waters are dotted with icebergs from the surrounding Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier, part of larger Vatnajökull Glacier.

We hoped to see puffins, but they are only in Iceland from April to August. These puffins are from postcards; I just thought they needed to be included.

This is 1 of 6 sod churches left in Iceland; it is still in use. The mounds in the lawn are gravesites. There were sheep grazing right next to the church.

We stopped to see a sweet little church that we had seen several times way up the hill from the road. We also saw some of the production of Ice Wear Icelandic wool products.