Day 1 - Thursday, July 30
Our flight got in about 8am, Iceland time.
Although, our internal clocks thought it was 3am. We had this hopeful plan of sleeping the whole plane ride so we would be raring to go when our feet hit the ground. Well... Raring to go might not be an accurate statement when reality actually hit us. I think the hour or two of restless and interrupted sleep I got on the plane didn't rejuvenate me like I had hoped. But...
It still didn't stop us! We stopped at the duty free shop to grab some wine to accompany our adventures. Then waited for our car rental company to pick us up to get our Mitshubishi Outlander. We are ready to hit the road! Our journey started out by driving through Pingvellir National Park. We are already impressed with the beauty we see.
We had a couple stops on our agenda before heading to our B&B...
Our first point of interest... Geysir.
Here, there was one big geysir and a couple smaller ones. Most of my photos from here are on my regular camera which I have yet to download.
This picture is not great... It's where the geysir erupts and all those people are waiting for it... The closer we got, the more sulphur we smelled.
Connie and I decided to walk to the other side to experience it from a different viewpoint. And boy did we experience it!
(I do have a video I wish I couple post on here. For anyone reading, it would possibly make you pee your pants or spit milk out of your nose from laughing so hard!)
One would think common sense was something both Connie and I possess. Apparently with sleep deprivation, it is the first thing to go.... Along with our powers of simple observation.
Needless to say, we took a shower we weren't expecting. Good news is, the water temp was 80-100 degrees. The best part was we were both beyond shocked as to how that could've happened. How did we miss the fact that would have happened? We actually did see people scattering away when we were watching from the other side. I honestly thought... Why are they running from a little mist? Apparently when something goes up, it must come down and not always straight down. Maybe the intense wind had something to do with it?
We definatly gave new meaning to the walk of shame. Getting rained on by a geyser unexpectedly and being the only 2 people walking back to the car wet and smelling like sulphur. Maybe it's better explained as a walk of stupidity.
But boy did we have fun with it. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard! After we regained our composure (it took a long time)... We just looked at each other and said... Yep, that happened. Here is our picture to remember our shower by... We were drenched!
After a quick change of clothes and a few more laughs.... It was on to our second point of interest... Gullfoss waterfall.
It was magnificent. Enough said.
So... As you can imagine, we are both running on fumes and decide to go find our B&B as we know it will still take a couple hours. Looking on the map, we find the shortest route which is an F road, meaning you can only take it if you have 4x4. We do, so excited as it will cut time off our drive. Then we see this sign...
One thing we have already noticed is there are abandon and run down farms that are scattered about. For some reason... I find beauty in it though. I think this would make an awesome back drop for a photoshoot!
But we did see our first rainbow!
We also joked and called these marshmallow fields. They were hay bales and were everywhere! Our goal before heading home... To frolick through a marshmallow field!
About 3 hours later.... We made it to our B&B. We met our host and settled in to our cute farm house. The only pic I took was this one out our bedroom window to show how light it is at 10:30pm
We reminisced about our day, and called it a night! These sleep deprived girls need some sleep... Good night!
Quote of the day: That just happened!!
Explanation of quote of the day: Geyser
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