Iceland - The first thing I noticed here is that the houses do not have the brilliant, vibrant colors as they do in Greenland. Iceland has 319,000 people. The income tax is 36%, sales tax is 24%, and food tax is 14%. The tour today took us around the seaside on the peninsula. If you double click on the pic with the text, you'll be able to read it. The pic below it is a piece of iron from the shipwreck (there's still a bunch of it scattered on the beach). There are amazing rock formations, a glacier in the middle of the peninsula, and abundant waterfalls flowing down from the glacier. There were some really furry sheep, and a spattering of horses and cows. The flatlands are mostly lava formations and grass and a beautiful rainbow appeared (you can see if in the pic). We stopped for lunch and I had the BEST baked cod ever (Cod is king here). Some farm dogs came to greet us by the bus on one of our hiking stops. There are many stories of trolls and fairies in Iceland. There are big white things in the fields which are used to protect bails of hay, but out tour guide said they are actually marshmallows for the the half trolls. The half trolls can come out in the daytime and eat the marshmallows, while the other trolls can't because they'll turn into rocks. I got a pic of a gravesite where the people have placed trolls by it.
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