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Vidimyrakirkja, Iceland.
Built in the 1820's, the church is still used as a place of worship and is one of Iceland's rare, surviving pre-20th Century buildings.
Steak & Lobster lunch in the dinning room of Regent Seven Seas Explorer
Surf and turf is a dish consisting of both seafood and meat, usually lobster and steak. The word surf is a fanciful way of referring to the ocean or sea, where seafood comes from, and the word turf refers to grass or land—where cows graze.
What do they say? If you sit in a barber's shop long enough, you will get a hair cut.........Just like while in Antarctica, if you stay still long enough, inquisitive friends will approach you with no fear.
Gentoo penguins looking for food and friendship.
The new Premier league season kicks off today..
Adidas have brought out a training shoe / sneaker called Turf Royal, as shown. Turf Moor is the name of Burnley’s stadium.
The colours available are either just Claret or blue - Burnley’s colours.
So it makes it difficult to decide which pair to buy if you’re a Burnley fan... so I bought both! 😊😊
Which is your favourite?
Cincinnati, OH. July 18, 2021. Shot on a Fujifilm GA645 and Kodak Portra 160. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom.
One of many 'turf houses' we passed whilst driving around the Westfjords. Torfbæir (Icelandic) are often entirely covered over in turf, although this one was only partly covered. They originate from the time of the earliest Viking settlers and were required due to a lack of alternative building materials like wood, (Iceland has very few trees)
Icelandic turf houses (the third and fourth from the left of the photo) were the product of a difficult climate, offering superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone, and the relative difficulty in obtaining other construction materials in sufficient quantities.These houses are located neat Skogafoss waterfall in Iceland's South Coast.
Keldur á Rangárvöllum . Rangárvallasýsla .
. Suðurland . 63°N, 20°W .
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The actual turf houses were rebuilt after big earthquakes shook the houses in 1896 and 1912. The hall of the turf houses is the oldest turf house hall in the country. Lava rocks from Mt Hekla's eruptions were used to build the farmstead, and driftwood was also used as a building material.