During our trip to Iceland, we rented a car for a few days. We explored the part of the island outside of Reykjavik, which is most of the island.  There is a ‘tourist Golden Circle‘, which includes stopping in Thingvellir where the world’s oldest parliament was established in year 930, Gullfoss, one of Iceland largest and most powerful waterfalls and Geysir, the one and only original geyser which all others take their name from.  All three can be done in a single day trip from Reykjavik, but if you have crazy people taking a million photos, you may not get back into the city until after the restaurants and shops have closed, and will have a very grumpy group of travelers.

One interesting fact about Thingvellir is that it is where the North American and European tectonic plates meet. More specifically, it is where they are pulling apart.  If I remember correctly, they pull apart at between 1 and 10 millimeters per year. This movement is not too drastic. However, the plates do cause frequent earthquakes.  You can see the ridge of rocks in the photo below.  Absolutely amazing place.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 14mm | f/11.0 | 1/160th | ISO100