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Iceland Roundtrip Part 3
The last week in Iceland we drove from north eastern Iceland along the coast back to Reykjavik. On the way we saw seals, horses and a bunch of waterfalls. We also tried the discipline of strongman and attempted to lift the famous Husafall lifting stone before having a well earned rest in a blue lagoon.
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Iceland Roundtrip Part 2
Our Iceland roundtrip day 5-8 provided some incredible nature experiences with plenty of waterfalls, swimming in hot spring pools, black sand beaches, glaciers, icebergs, "ice diamonds", Star Wars scenery, seals and puffins and some of the most incredible hiking experiences we have ever had.
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Iceland Roundtrip Part 1
Iceland is perhaps the most unique and most beautiful nature experience I have ever had. I got to experience an active volcano, glaciers, hot springs, lagoons, geysers, waterfalls, icebergs, beautiful hiking trails, unique animals and much much more. We drove around the island for two weeks, and slept in a tent on the roof. This is just the first part of the story, filled with many amazing experiences and pictures.
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Scottish Highlands Sights
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Scotland Sights
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Edinburgh Sights
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Scotland – Beautiful Highland Plains
Scotland is mostly famous for the Loch Ness Monster, Bagpipes, Kilts and Whiskey. We went in 2017, and were stunned by it's nature and beautiful highlands and even mountains. We went hiking, saw cliffs and waterfalls, castles and ruins and of course tried the local whiskey.
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Ruthven Barracks
Ruthven Barracks in Kingussie is a free well preserved ruin, that you can easily visit if you are in the area. It can even be combined with a hike in the beautiful Scottish Highlands in Cairngorm National Park. Ruthven Barracks is the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 by George II's government after the 1715 Jacobite (political movement) rising. It could hold two companies (120 soldiers and their officers).
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Kingussie
They call it "the small town with a big heart". The town the loveliest little town in Cairngorm National Park. Located close to the highways A86 and A9 and with its own train station, it is very easily accessible. Even though the town is small and quiet with only 1.500 inhabitants, you will love it here. It has a little creek running through it, and most of the houses are old stone buildings.
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National Museum of Scotland
The first thing to mention about National Museum of Scotland is, that it is free. I was at the museum in 2017 and the section that spoke to me the most, was the Science and Technology Gallery. Here was planes, motors, electronics, race car simulators, robots and a bunch of things you could interact with. Also the Natural World gallery is worth my recommendation. The many skeletons and life-like figures are fantastic Of course Scottish history and archaeology is on of the topics in the museum. There is also a vast number of other exotic cultures represented in the World Cultures Gallery.