Before coming to Iceland I booked a two day tour of the south coast, with stops at waterfalls and glaciers, and lagoons, and the hopes of exploring a glacier and going in an ice cave on day two. However, the weather in Iceland is more unpredictable than the weather in Illinois, and an incoming storm cut our second day short. But, the tour was amazing. We went to so many beautiful places, and I met some wonderful people I can now call my friends (shout out to y'all!). Even the drive to and around the south of Iceland was beautiful with views of snowy mountains, rocky hills, and moss covered lava rocks all around. Breathtaking.
Anyways, oh my goodness I didn't even know that places this beautiful existed, and pictures don't even do them justice! The first place we stopped was to admire is a view of Eyjafjallajokull Mountains. I have no idea how to pronounce that (or any other Icelandic words of places I've went), but it was stunning especially with the sun shining.
From there we stopped at one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland, Skogafoss. It was magnificent. Thankful again for the sun because there was even a rainbow!
Then we stopped at Reynisdrangar, a black sand beach that had MASSIVE and fierce waves that were at least 20 feet high! (I still prefer the white sand beaches of the Caribbean (and warm weather))...
Next we went Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon and Diamond Beach. Since Iceland only has roughly 6 1/2 hours of daylight currently, it was unfortunately quite dark at these places. I adored the ice crystals on Diamond Beach, though!
On the second day, the group met up for breakfast still disappointed that we wouldn't be able to explore the ice cave (one reason being that wind gusts were expected to reach up to 100 mph!!). We loaded up our mini bus and started back towards Reykjavik. We did make some stops at some amazing places, and even drove up to a lookout spot (which probably wasn't too wise since it was so windy, but it was pretty)! (Follow me on Snapchat if you want to see videos of the wind haha)!
Then the BEST part of the day was walking/hiking with three other people on the tour to the beautiful Solheimajokull glacier (against the warning of our tour guide, since the path was almost completely covered in ice and the wind was sooo strong...)! But how could we not...
I took my coat off for this one because I am so tired of wearing black in every picture I take...
The 4 who made the trek:
IT WAS AMAZING! I never knew I wanted to see a glacier until I saw this one today. I definitely would love to hike on the glacier, but that will have to wait until another trip!
The last stop we made was at Selljalandsfoss waterfall - which was very picturesque! Typically visitors are able to walk behind it, but the path was closed due to so much ice.
But wow God is good, and His creations are so awesome!
Off to hunt for some northern lights! Xo,
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