{"id":4150,"date":"2024-10-18T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:26:37","slug":"snaefellsnes-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2024\/10\/18\/snaefellsnes-peninsula","title":{"rendered":"Sn\u00e6fellsnes Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An iconic mountain, windswept beaches, and a few neat churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Game of Thrones fans and fellow photography nerds will recognize Kirkkjufell mountain. It&#8217;s maybe the most classic shot of Iceland, and I&#8217;d hoped to see it under the lights. Of course it was raining sideways when we got there; but there&#8217;s no such thing as bad luck, only bad gear. 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