Our first stop today was at "Hespuhúsið" where Guðrún greeted us and invited us into her home studio. She demonstrated the dyeing of wool using native plants--she did her masters thesis on the historical use of native Icelandic plants, which led to her life's work.
We then drove to Gullfoss waterfall. We hiked the trails and learned about Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the young woman who fought to save the waterfall from being harnessed to run a hydro electric powerplant.
Our next stop was the Geysir area, where we watched the Strokkur geyser erupt several times. We passed bubbling calderas on our hike to the geyser--this is a very active thermal area!
After experiencing the Eurasian tectonic plate we got back in the van and drove to the North American plate.
We walked to the Law Rock where the Law Speaker once stood and recited all of Iceland's laws from memory. We passed the drowning pool, where so-called sinful women were drowned. Drownable offenses were adultery, incest, and child abandonment. Of course if they were raped they were drowned as adulterers.
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