This is an iconic photo location in Vik Iceland. There is a little hill above the church allowing for this great perspective.
Vik
This little church in the village of Vik is often photographed from numerous perspectives. There are a couple of cool rock formations in the ocean off the coast of Vik (behind the church from this angle). In the future, I’ll share a photo of this church from a different angle where you’ll be able to see them as well. In this photo, I was trying to frame the church with the purple Lupine wildflowers in the foreground. By the way, the Lupine flowers are everywhere in Iceland. Anyway, I hope you like this photo as much as I do.
Halsanefshelier Sea Cave
Here is another great spot in Iceland. You can’t see the three sea caves (one to our right and two to our left) in this photo. There are a number of spots around Iceland where you can see basalt shaped rocks like this created by past lava flow. This spot has tons of them, and they are super big. The make up the entire structure of the caves and the area around them.
You can get some idea of the scale of them, just by seeing us sitting on a couple of them. This photo probably includes 1% of them in this area.
The location also has a very cool black pebble stone beach. We didn’t go to this spot on our first Iceland trip, but I’m very glad we did on this trip. Great experience!!
Lighthouse on the southern coast of Iceland
As you’ve seen in my earlier post, MJ and I were on the hunt
to see and photograph Puffins during our Iceland trip. On our 2nd day, we traveled
to the Vik coast high above the ocean on these cliffs. We found nesting Puffins and were
treated to a great morning watching them in their environment. While we were up on this peninsula
stretching out into the Atlantic ocean, we also found this lighthouse.
I didn’t know it was there, but it was cool and I’ve captured it for you to see. Enjoy.
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Puffin Flight
The previous three years,
I volunteered as a Baldrige Examiner for the National Institute of Standards
and Technology within the Department of Commerce. Working for the government as an Examiner just destroys your
summer. Examiners refer to the
experience as the “lost summer”.
The reason you choose to lose your summer is that the experience,
learning and knowledge gained is amazing.
It’s like cramming a Masters Degree into 4 months. At the end of those summers, I was
exhausted.
So when I decided not to participate as an Examiner this year, I was excited about the opportunity to have some fun, travel and not be exhausted going into October. Well…..I probably went to far the other way this summer. Moderation wasn’t in my vocabulary…. I’ll admit that I am tired going into this fall. Between work, everyday life and all our travel, I am very very tired.
As summer transitioned into fall, I’ve taken a few moments to reflect on all the great, exciting, enriching, exhausting, and fulfilling moments MJ and I had during all our recent travels. I’ve enjoyed visiting with our family and friends, seeing new cities, and experiencing new cultures. Looking back on everything, Iceland was the highlight of the summer for me. In Iceland, both of us really enjoyed our time with the Puffins. So thinking back on those moments, I decided to post a picture of these beautiful birds.
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Another Puffin
I don’t know what to say, I like the Puffins. This one is a cute little bugger. I took this near the town of Vik on the south side of Iceland. Have a great night.
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