{"id":9463,"date":"2024-07-15T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:59:05","slug":"aurora-iceland-cruise-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=9463","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Iceland Cruise – Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n \t<\/i> Read Time:<\/span>4 Minute, 18 Second <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n

Reykjavik, Iceland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Weather:<\/strong> Surprisingly warm!
Sea:<\/strong> Calm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We headed up to the buffet for breakfast today.  We needed to grab some snacks to take with us on our all day trip. We were going on a tour today to see The Golden Circle<\/strong><\/a>. Lunch not included and weren’t sure whether there would be places en route … or how busy they would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the ship, it was a good 15 mins walk to get to the pick up point for the Greyline Tour Bus.  We had booked independently from P&O and it was a third of the price. Our guide for the day was Kristi and driver was Matteus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First stop was at a UNESCO World Heritage site, Thingvellar National Park<\/strong>, arguably the most important site in Iceland in terms of history, culture, and geology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is here where the North American and Eurasian techtonic plates met, then split and drifted apart. It’s also home to Iceland\u2018s largest natural lake. Thingvellir is also the birth-place of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth and the Al\u00feingi assembly, where Iceland\u2019s most powerful leaders met to decide on legislation and carry out brutal Viking-age justice. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\"Visual\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n
\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n
\n\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t