We are driving east (of course, Reykjavik is on the west central coast) and south.
Iceland is a land truly of a thousand terrains. At the Blue Lagoon, you feel like you are on the moon. Very rocky and very barren with a lot of lava stone.
Looking out of the window today, we are looking at mountains, some covered with low vegetation (and very green.)
Actually, Iceland is probably the least socialistic country among the Scandinavians. The church and "family" groups have some power here (although an American ex-pat explained that it is more "general morality") as well and Icelandic law is very strict when it comes to "morality." Drug laws are strict, no prostitution allowed, and they even did not get strong beer (over 2% alcohol) until 1989!
Iceland, of course, suffered the most during the financial crash with 80% of their banks going broke. Iceland in the financial bubble imported more Range Rovers than Norway and Sweden combined (and Norway and Sweden have 50 million people compared to 400,000 in Iceland.) The tour guide joked that Range Rovers are now called "Game Over's" in Iceland. :)
There's a lot of shame from Icelanders in general about their financial crimes. Some do the "I'm from Finland" thing overseas since they are ashamed. :(
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