Friday, August 29, 2008

Last Day in Iceland


(The long and winding road.)

(A former volcanic caldera. Not so impressive anymore.)

(Back at Hraunfossar where the stream of waterfalls is created by the cracks beneath the surface of the lava rocks, one of our last stops. Some of those falls come from our tears at knowing the journey is nearly over.)


(I have no idea, but how could you not take a picture of this? She's naked, unnaturally tan with fake grey hair and obscenely gesturing. I don't know about you, but that makes me really want to buy an energy drink.)


(We had some time to kill in Reykjavรญk on our last day...)


(My favorite supermarket, mostly because of the mascot which looks like a drunk pig. After about five or six tries, Mike was finally successful in talking the manager's into letting me buy one of the worker's t-shirts. They also have the best little chocolate donuts ever. They taste a little bit like heartburn, but a little more like heaven. It's so worth it.)

(Mike and our last view of Reykjavรญk. Maybe it was windy, maybe he always wears his hair like that. You'll never know.)

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