07/30, Reykjavik, Iceland: Ahh, the world’s northern most capital of a nation. Found by Vikings in the 870s during the height of the Great Heathen Army of Norse clans who ransacked and conquered most of England. [Iceland soccer fans are still celebrating their recent, unbelievable win over England in the EuroCup.] We plan to go to Blue Lagoon, their famous geothermal spa; it’s a small mineral lake heated by a volcanic tube on a lava field. Soooo relaxing. The city is beautiful and seemingly European to me.
–temperatures just touch 50s, their annual high
~ This place reminds me of the first 3 verses of Psalm 46. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth gives way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”