After two days at sea, we docked at our first port in Iceland, the capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik (pronounced rake-yah-vick). It is the northernmost capital city in the world and is situated on the southwest corner of Iceland. Iceland's western and northern coasts are mostly mountains and fjords where glaciers lie in the valleys and feed hundreds of rivers and streams. Large waterfalls are everywhere. The southern region, including Reykjavik, is mostly rolling hills with farms dating back to the 12th century, many still owned by the original settlers, raising Icelandic cattle, Icelandic horses and sheep. Much of Iceland's energy is produced from steam from underground. The earth's crust is very thin in much of Iceland. You can see steam shooting up from the ground in many areas and Iceland has built some geothermal power plants to create electricity for heating buildings. Reykjavik is fairly modern. Iceland was very poor until World War II when the British and American military built bases there and improved the economy. Iceland is now a very prosperous country, exporting fish, aluminum and other products to other countries. My tour of the area around Reykavik included a visit to a national park where the North American and European tectonic plates meet causing lava flows and serious earthquakes. You can walk through the fault that has opened up where the plates have separated. We also visited the area where there are hot springs and geysers bubbling and spraying hot water everywhere. Not quite as impressive as Old Faithful, but still pretty impressive. We then visited a beautiful waterfall called Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall). Photos. The weather is not quite as good - overcast skies with temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. The sun peeks through every now and then. Back to the ship and on to our next port on the northern coast of Iceland.