Out early, we took our time driving to sites on the golden circle route. Some of them were off the traditional path which made it exciting when we were looking for things like ladders over fences and dirt roads. Every stop this day was a freezing windy stop, most close gazes at waterfalls were met with icy spray back in our faces. I think we were lucky to have not hit miserable cold earlier in this trip. There were also a lot more crowds at the main stops such as Geysir and Thingvellir and Gulfoss.
Jessica does a fabulous little dance at first sight of something amazing.
Gotta have a band shot with the troll statue...
We came back to the church in Selfoss for an 8:00 Good Friday service. There were about a dozen people in the pews and the whole thing was in Icelandic, but we were able to follow along in the program/hymnal some and I recognized the tune of one of the songs. It was amazing when we heard the choir for the first time...we didn't even know a choir was there until a blend of angel voices resonated above us in a really beautiful song. It was memorable for sure.
To top it all off on our last night in Iceland we saw the Aurora Borealis. They were not bright green and blue dancing across the sky as we expected, but started as a thin line of white stretching across the whole sky. Only on my camera did the colors show up (with the longer exposure). Still, it was awesome (and freezing cold out there in the wind!).