Don't go chasing waterfalls....
After another breakfast of not talking to our fellow travel companions and getting the sloppy seconds at breakfast (those Fab Five were too quick), we were off to see some waterfalls. Keeping to the Mick developed seat rotation rules, we took the seats that the old Japanese ladies had been occupying, allowing them to sit next to each other for the first time in the trip. It turns out that they appreciated this, as evidenced by the gift of some rice cookies - this was the warmest interaction of the whole tour!
Today we saw waterfall after waterfall: Faxi; the ginormous Gullfoss; and some others we don't know the names of. After each photo stop we were left waiting for the Fab Five to get back on the bus. Mímir did not feel the need to provide time limits for these stops, so we had to wait until the Chinese tourists had taken all the photos they wanted to take, regardless of who was left waiting.
We also traveled to Thingvellir which is a culturally significant place in Icelandic history. Apart from being the place where the Eurasia and North American tectonic plates part (and you can see this by the large fissure in the land), this is where the Icelandic system of government operated from. It is also the place where capital punishments were handed out, namely drownings. Our tour guide Mímir had a habit of dropping us off in one location and picking us up in another location. In Thingvellir he did the same, which created a lot of confusion, even for us English speakers who should have been able to understand his instructions. Amazingly everyone was able to find the bus again and we made the long journey home to Hella.
That evening we watched Croatia beat England in the world cup at the local restaurant. Who would have thought we'd be watching so many football games this holiday?
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