Okay first of all, this is Nick. I'm having issues logging into my account form Europe, so I will be posting under other people's accounts for a little bit.
Around 7:30 this morning, we all woke up in order to be outside our apartment ready to be picked up by a stranger in a black van. Don't worry, we were going on a tour and the mini tour bus happened to be colored black. We were fortunate to get picked up right outside our door.
Anyways, we started our seven-hour long tour with a drive out of Reykjavik, east into the heart of Iceland. The land was strikingly beautiful, even with a small portion of the drive being pretty overcast.
Again we packed into our tour bus of sixteen people to set off across the alien landscape of Iceland, and I mean it when I say alien. Whitened moss growing on lava fields, martian landscapes, and strange patterns of nature in general gave me the sense of being on a completely different planet.
We drove some more to get to Geysir. Geysir was the first cataloged geyser in the world and, as can be seen, is what all other geysers are named after. Though Geysir is now dormant, its younger brother Strokkur still erupts every three to six minutes. We decided to get the cliche geyser shot photo, of course.
Anyways, we started our seven-hour long tour with a drive out of Reykjavik, east into the heart of Iceland. The land was strikingly beautiful, even with a small portion of the drive being pretty overcast.
Our first stop was at the local town that has many of the country's greenhouses. Apparently the town has a history of spontaneous geysers coming up from the ground in the middle of houses and other spots. They had to get rid of a cemetery because they didn't want grandpa to spring up from the ground in the middle of the night if you know what I mean. We stopped for a small breakfast and then quickly headed out again.
Our second stop was at a crater filled with water called Lake Kerið. According to the tour guide, the acoustics of the lake are so great that many singers such as Bjork like to perform there because they sound so good.
Again we packed into our tour bus of sixteen people to set off across the alien landscape of Iceland, and I mean it when I say alien. Whitened moss growing on lava fields, martian landscapes, and strange patterns of nature in general gave me the sense of being on a completely different planet.
We stopped once more at a small waterfall called Faxafoss (foss means waterfall in Icelandic). It was really refreshing to feel the spray of the falls hit your face as you walked down towards the base. I also couldn't help but take a sip of the rushing water as well since it was so pure.
We drove some more to get to Geysir. Geysir was the first cataloged geyser in the world and, as can be seen, is what all other geysers are named after. Though Geysir is now dormant, its younger brother Strokkur still erupts every three to six minutes. We decided to get the cliche geyser shot photo, of course.
No, that is not a house with a steamy chimney. It's actually a rock that is not even a foot tall, and in front of it is a baby, bubbling geyser.
After we had our lunch there, we hit the road towards another waterfall named Gulfoss. However, our horse-loving tour guide made a spontaneous stop along the way when she spotted horses grazing by the side of the road. They were extremely soft-tempered and brave enough to approach the group and allow us to pet them.
The horses made me very happy.
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