Gullfoss

Gullfoss- This is a beautiful spot you will see in every tour book of Iceland (Well, all of these places could be seen, likely through more expert, appealing photographs, in any guidebook. But these babies are mine, testament to my having stepped foot upon Icelandic soil). Nevertheless, I had to include these photos because this spot was majestic and beautiful and I loved it.

I was told that there were plans to sell the location and convert it into a hydroelectric power plant. In protest, a local women chained herself to a rock (I think it was a rock? Maybe a tree) resulting in the cancellation of the sale, and the preservation of this sight, giving me the opportunity to see it. I don’t think she realized how much joy she was giving one very important American man-boy in doing what she did. Wow. There is a plaque commemorating her deed on the sight.

Eat your heart out U.S. environmentalists, protesters and monkey wrench gangers. A protest that actually eluded the slippery, conniving, slight-of-hand work corporate monsters, lawyers and politicians in the U.S use to get almost anything they want. I was moved by this story by any means.
UHHH! Sorry, I slipped up there.