Friends from school visiting Maaike and Patrick

Occasionally friends from school come over after school and they play together
Yesterday it was Berend and Elaine
They had fun together

Orange skies

Yesterday evening the sky above Roosendaal looked really spectacular

Trip to Iceland, the whole island that is airconditioned!

Last thursday Gosia and I went for our 4 day trip to Iceland.
It was really an adventure. It was c-c-cold but the landscapes and the nature were really spectacular.
After a 3 hour flight we arrived at Keflavik airport.





The travelagency advised us to go first to a geo thermal bath resort called the Blue Lagoon before going to our hotel.












The Blue Lagoon ( http://www.bluelagoon.com/ ) was really relaxing. It is a huge complex where people can bathe or go to a sauna. Outside it was raining and 8 degrees celsius. In the seawater it was really nice with a temperature of around 40 degrees celsius. The seawater actually looks even light blue due to the minerals in the water. For the skin you could put special mineral stuff on your face.
We stayed for about two hours and even when we were in the bus we were still afterglowing from the heat.

The second day we went on the so-called: "Golden Circle Tour"
For more info: http://www.nat.is/re_gullfoss_geysir.htm
This tour of around 300 km takes you to the beautiful landscape of Iceland. We saw Geysers, vulcanoes, different waterfalls like the famous Gullfoss, a national park and more.
The only disadvantage of this tour was the weather.
The temperatures were around 9 or 10 degrees Celsius and there was a storm with heavy rains all day long. So at parts of the trip our trousers got really soaked. But we thought now we are here so this is the chance to see everything. Here you see some highlights:














The house where Gorbatsjov and Reagan met.









As you see it was quite windy at the Waterfalls.

The last day we spent in Reykjavik itself. In the morning we walked to the famous church of Reykjavik > Later we went to the Flea market. IN the afternoon we met up with Bragi, our friendly Iceland friend who took us all around Reykjavik. He showed us a birdrefuge, the Perlan, a 3D map of Iceland in the TownHall, the best fishrestaurant in Reykjavik and some other highlights.