Iceland 3

After an spending most of the trip so far outdoors in the scenic part of Iceland we wanted to try get more of a feel for the culture so in the morning we went to Landakotskirkja the cathedral of the Catholic Church in Iceland which is often referred to as Kristskirkja (Christ's Church) located in the western part of Reykjavik. It has a distinctively flat top, as opposed to the standard spire because of the community's request for a Neo-Gothic church, it is more conservative in style than Samuelsson's other creations but still has clear modern elements and glacier-inspired lines. The interior is traditionally Gothic, with a patterned tile floor and no aisles or transepts. It was very interesting to see how their church compared to our Catholic Churches back home they were much the same with a few variations.

Iceland is famous for its waterfalls so of course we had to visit some this evening we decided on going to Gullfoss (Golden Falls) Iceland's most famous waterfall. Its found in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. It is amazing I was so awestruck by the waterfall a bit above the falls it turns sharply to the right, flows down into what looks like a three step staircase and then quickly plunges in two stages. When you first go toward the falls the crevice is hidden from view, so that it appears that a mighty river simply vanishes into the earth. Glacial water is brownish, since it carries lots of sediments that the glacial ice has carved off the earth on a sunny day the water plunging down the three step staircase and then tumbling in two steps down into the deep crevice truly looks golden. It was one of the most magical things I have ever seen.