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As part of a cruise ship stop in June 2014, we were in Reykjavik, Iceland for a day. We decided to rent a car and self-drive the Golden Circle route. Although we didn't have too much time, we managed to see Thingvellir (briefly), Gullfoss Waterfalls (the highlight!) and Geysir/Strokkur. From a car point of view, a nice surprise was that the car company gave us a Volvo XC90 to drive! Cool stuff. Prior to this, I had never driven a Volvo before, let alone their flagship SUV. Back home, I drive a Corolla, so obviously this was going to be fun! As expected, the car performed very well. It was quite new, about 35,000km on the odometer. It was a diesel! How would I describe the car? It was an automatic transmission. The engine was definitely very responsive and I could overtake very easily. The car felt very stable. In terms of drive, it was smooth and comfortable, unlike say the Honda (or subsequently the BMW which I would get to drive later this trip). I am not the 'must-feel-the-road' type of person so I like the Volvo feel over the BMW feel. Here are my blog links with many pictures - http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogspot.sg/2014/06/adventure-of-seas-day-4-reykjavik.html http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogspot.sg/2014/06/adventure-of-seas-day-4-reykjavik_21.html Video of Gullfoss Waterfalls Video of Thingvellir Toilets - 200 Icelandic Kroners per person (pay by credit card!)