Hey guys!
So after all those days of getting up early for all the trips and getting to bed really late after the various hunts for northern lights, I needed some sleep and time to relax and plan, I decided to take a few days off.
I managed to get a lot of sleep in, bought myself my favourite cookies and then planned a bit.
After realizing I budgeted quite well, I decided to fulfill my dream of doing a horse riding tour on the Icelandic Horses. Although it was really expensive I really enjoyed my time here. Its crazy to think that its the only breed that has more than 3 gaits. It took me a while to get used to the tölt but after a while I really loved spending the time there.
As you can see the weather wasn’t the best, but who cares? That trip made me realise how much I miss going horse riding regularly. When I come back to Germany I will try to find the time to do it maybe once a week again.
I went for another walk around the city and captured this beautiful sun set at the Hallgrímskirkja. Later that night a girl from Couchsurfing took me and another guy from my hostel to go for another hunt for the northern lights. Sadly she was late by nearly an hour so we missed most of them. We still got to see them a little but I was too slow to set up my camera. Instead I got this really cool picture by accident, because a car decided to ruin my photo. If you look closely you can still the fine line of the northern lights.
I found lots of great foods in the ‘Free Food’ area of my hostel so I enjoyed some great meals at those days. I had a late breakfast with apple and raisins pancakes (all for free) and later that day Andrew, Nick and I (two guys I met at the hostel) made an awesome pasta bake (I only bought some spring onions to spice it up a little).
Remember when I was talking about that hot river up in the mountains that we tried to get to but had to turn around on our day to the Stormy South? I met a girl at my hostel, Sofie, and she still had a car for the next day and was up for going there again. This time we left in the morning and planned to have more than enough time. We got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise before we started the walk up into the mountains. It took us about an hour and we really enjoyed the wonderful nature around us. We even met some crazy people who were camping out in the cold.
We spend nearly two hours in the hot river. While being there we jumped into the snow a couple of time which was so much fun. We then started our way back to the car. The way down was quicker than the way up. On the way back it even started to snow so we were quite happy that we got out of the mountains early enough.
I know there is not too much to share about these relaxing days in the capital, but it was well needed so I hope you can forgive me.
Lena xx
