geysi-gullfoss

There is a standard (and worthy) tour that 99.9% of visitors to Iceland take. It's known in tour-company brochures by the name "The Golden Circle". To Icelanders, however, it's called simply Geysi-Gullfoss, after two of its famous sights: Geysir (the original and best), and Gullfoss (Golden Falls). (I give my own version of this tour to visitors, throwing in sights such as Nesjavellir.)

But Geysi-Gullfoss is also the nickname for a particularly nasty stomach flu, the one that kept me home from work on Monday. You can probably figure out why. Or the first two pictures might clue you in.