Bucket List: Iceland’s Natural Wonders
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A Bucket list trip to Iceland
September 10, 2024– Iceland is both a cold country, and one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. It is the perfect place for a retirement trip. This giant island country in the North Atlantic attracts tourists from all over the world to experience its many natural wonders. There are many ways for retirees to experience its charms, which we will explore in this article.
About Iceland
This island country, a member of the European Union, is being formed by the separation of the American and European tectonic plates. As they have come apart over the millennia, magma and lava have come out of the earth’s core to form the land. They are still separating at the rate of about 2 centimeters per year – in many places you can stand with one foot in Europe and the other in America.
That land building has created the many sights that people come to experience. There are giant extinct volcanoes to climb, deep blue lakes formed by glaciers and and volcanic activity, immense and intricate lava fields, and gigantic waterfalls. Not to mention a long and beautiful coastline.
Comments on "Bucket List: Iceland’s Natural Wonders"
Admin says:
One of the neat things about Iceland is its energy situation. Sitting there with enormous geothermal potential, almost all electricity is either from geothermal or hydro. Electricity is so cheap that aluminum ore is shipped here from Australia and smelted into aluminum. If they were to move to total electric cars and trucks they could reduce their oil imports to almost zero. Wind is another potential energy source. All of that is a good thing, since just about everything Iceland consumes is imported.
Mar says:
We just went to Iceland, Greenland and Norway on a cruise. The countryside was beautiful, lots of waterfalls and fjords. Saw a little bit of the Northern Lights and the camera saw it better than we did. It was a great visit but I would not go by a cruise again, rather go by plane and small tour group.