Continuing my trip down memory lane is the brief stop we had at an old, abandoned farm in Iceland called Kot (pronounce like "coat".)
While Iceland isn't a terribly big country, with a population of about 319,000, this farm was quite in the middle of nowhere! It had been abandoned due to the scarcity of water in the area, but the old foundations still remained.
Here you can see the old foundations of the farmhouse that had once stood here. Because of its northern location, Iceland doesn't have many good trees for timber, so houses were made of stone and sod. This house had one interesting feature: a bath for sheep! Sheep were, and still are, an important part of Iceland's culture and economy.
In this photo, you can see how truly isolated this place is. In the background is the volcano Hekla. She's one of Iceland's most famous and unique volcanoes. Many Icelanders believed that she was the opening to Hell!
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