First leg of the trip. I flew out of Denver International Airport to Iceland on Iceland air.

The hotel I stayed in Reykjavik had the rooms organized according to the ancient Icelandic Calendar. I am still unclear on how the calendar works, however a nice gentleman tried explaining it. A lot of this has to do with seasons, light, cattle, farming and their solstice.

Our room according to the Ancient Icelandic calendar.

After some serious jet leg this looked like heaven to me. Everything was so bright and so colorful

Iceland Domestic Airport. I took a plane to Akureyri, which is in the Northern part of Iceland. It was only an hour flight. Akureyri is the second largest city in Iceland. It was such a charming little town.

The pilot and some travelers.

Here is the actual plane we flew to Akureyri. This was one of the only days the sun was out and I saw blue skies. It was so beautiful in contrast to the white snow. The turbulence in Akureyri was really intense in this little plane.

Here is a view of Reykjavik from the air, coming back from the northern Iceland.

Here was a mountain in the sky from the plane.

I have never seen a mountain stand above the clouds. It was so magnificent.

Goðafoss is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. Unfortunately this was as close to it as I could get, because the snow was misleading. You truly couldn't tell where the edge was. It was still so beautiful to see and the water was so blue.

I took a lot of these. I keep calling them "Silent." There were points on this day trip that I couldn't tell which was snow or sky. The world was so white. I have been in darkness, where you weren't able to distinguish up or down, but this was a whole new experience. It brought me a sense of peace and it was eerie being so far from anything. It's hard to imagine that people could survive in the middle of nowhere in harsh weather conditions, but it was one of most calming atmospheres I have ever had the pleasure of seeing.

Lost in the snow.

I never really understood completely what this was, but it reminds me of a crater, or something from another planet.

This is Lake Mývatn where GOT was filmed, north of the wall. Half of this lake was frozen and the other half was flowing. Here at Lake Mývatn, they have the largest variety of duck. It snowed the entire time I was here, but it was so beautiful.

These are Icelandic horses. Apparently they are naturally this small and are not related to a pony. In fact Icelandic people get quite offended when they are called ponies. They have long hair and live year round in Iceland. They were hanging out at the Lake, when I saw them.

Lake Mývatn has volcanic rock protruding from the water. This was a shooting location for GOT. Again, I felt like this landscape was from another planet.

My most favorite tree I have ever seen.

Tourists visiting and warming up by the thermal vents.

This was a thermal plant. The water was naturally this color. I visited a hot spring shortly after this with the same color of water, and soaked in it. It was so healing and smelled very strong of sulfur, which never bothers me.

Icelandic horses.

Church in Reykjavik.

View of Reykjavik from the very top of the church.