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Iceland and The Golden Circle

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It was a quick turnaround between trips, with a day and a half in Zuerich, a trip to Zuoz to discuss the canp and catch up with my friend Marc there, then home  to Russikon to pack and the next day we, Trudi and I, were on our way by Icelandic Air, a very tight-fisted airline, to Iceland, home to the gorgeous Icelandic horses, about 80,000 of them! Everywhere you look there are pastures full of them, many with their young foals. How I wish I could still ride. With our comfortable hire car and great roads, we soon made it to our first stop, Sellfoss. Our first evening's experience was wonderful in an old 19 th century house which had been converted into a very cosy, up- market restaurant. The food was not cheap but was extremely tasty, and most importantly, we felt we were in Iceland!  Looks as if my run of good weather might have come to an abrupt end, although we had some clear spells with no rain and good visibility today, so nothing to complain about if you had the right c...