Magical Places

Hey everyone!

As you can tell by the amount of posts that you find about the south coast of Iceland (Beautiful South, Stormy South and now this one), I do like that part of Iceland quite a bit. This trip was one of my favourite ones! First of all because we went further than we did all the other times and managed to see the magical glacier lagoon at Jökurlsalon. Also I really enjoyed being on the go for a bit longer than just the day. We went for three days in total which gave us lots of time to explore. It was great how well Xo and I got along, so that made the trip extra special.

Xo picked me up at the rental place (where I had dropped of my car from the last few days) and then we drove towards the Golden Circle. We had quick stop at the Gullfoss and at the Geysir area again.

We also had another stop at another meadow full of Icelandic horses. I know you have seen them already but they are just too cute not to post at least a few other pictures of them.

After that we did another stop at the golden circle that I hadn’t really heard of before but Xo suggested: The Friðheimar. The Friðheimar is a restaurant within a big tomato greenhouse. It is a really cool place. All the products (food and tomato cocktails etc.) are made with tomatoes harvested in the greenhouse. And although I am not the biggest tomato fan I really enjoyed the soup with some super yummy bread too!

When we started driving from there, I realised that I had saved a natural hot pool not too far from there, so we decided to stop there as well. It was amazing. A really beautiful place in the wilderness and I also met some nice people and had a good chat with them.

From there on we pretty much just drove to Vík. We had some really good chats and enjoyed the ever changing landscape around us. Since we had a big 4×4 (so lots of space) and it was also not that cold (actually raining lots) we decided to just sleep in the car. I ate some more of the bread from earlier the day, edited some pictures and worked on the blog and then curled up in my sleeping bag for the night. It wasn’t too cold, so we both survived but also decided we were going to find a hostel for the next day to have a shower and cook some food maybe.

The next morning we drove a few hours to Jökulsárlón. There is a river that meets a glacier there and forms this amazing glacier lagoon with icebergs floating around and just a really calm atmosphere. Isn’t it beautiful?! We walked around there quite a bit and if you had good eyes (or a telephoto lens) you could even see some seals lying in front of the glacier.

Really close to the glacier lagoon you will find the diamond beach. Its were the river flows into the ocean leaving all those little icebergs back on the black beach. It is such a fascinating place… Imagine coming here in summer… its warm around you but you can still find the ice on the beach.

After that really magical trip we drove back towards Vík. Stopped at the Reynisfjara again, had a quick stroll before sunset and then drove to our hostel at Skogafoss. We both enjoyed a hot shower and had some relaxed time at the hostel. That was the night when my blog decided not to work anymore and I had to face those really annoying technical problems.

The next morning before driving back to Reykjavik we decided to visit the Insta-famous plane wreck just five minutes away from Skogafoss. We parked the car and then walked towards the United States Navy Douglas Super DC-3 airplane sitting on the Sólheimasandur black sand beach. It is said to be a great photo spot but I did not like it too much. Especially since although we started really early there was annoying people there so we had to take ages to get a shot without people in it.

So I hope that although you haven’t been there with me I could at least show you some sparks of the magic. There where some really special places and I enjoyed the trip a lot!!

Lena xx