ICELAND PT. 7 | JOKULSARLON GLACIAL LAGOON

A quick stop off at Jokulsarlon before we stayed in Hofn for a night.  This is literally right off the Ring Road (which we knew before hand but couldn't believe you can actually see some of it while driving past). There are several look out points to walk around at take photos.  The main area is more crowded but it provides such a good view and you can walk across the street to this beautiful black powdery beach where a few icebergs escape too.  Breathtaking! Some of this beach photos will be finding a place on our gallery wall very soon. 

Happy Monday! 

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ICELAND PT. 6 // GLACIER HIKE AT SKAFTAFELL

I wasn't sure what we would be in for when we signed up for a "glacier hike" at Europe's largest glacial mass.  It proved to be not so strenuous and provided an incredible view of the glacier (as you are literally walking across it with crampons and ice axes, yep).  This was unlike any glacier I've ever seen. The black color on the ice is volcanic ash... the contrast in these colors, the jagged mounds of ice, and deep crevices make this scene feel completely otherworldly.  If you ever saw interstellar, the second planet they visit in the movie when the ship blows up...yeah, that was all filmed here (makes sense, right?).  We opted for a two hours hike with a guide, there were only about 7 people in the group which was nice.  We could have totally done the 4 hour which takes you further into the glacier, but we just didn't know what to expect when we signed up.  In the winter you can also tour ice caves here which would have been amazing!  If you have a couple hours it is surely worth fitting in.  We did this after visiting Vik, it was only about an hour or so drive from the beach.  We found an adorable guesthouse to stay in this night in Hofn, about another hour from the glacier.

More on Iceland soon. XO 

ICELAND PT. 5 // SCENES FROM THE ROAD

As you can see from the angle of some of these, I literally took them out of the window of the car while my sister was driving.  Mind blowing scenery everywhere. The lonely stretches of road were so gorgeous, so majestic, and so diverse. These were taken gradually from leaving Selfoss to nearing the north towards Husavik (these were from a couple days but all in all a stretch of about 6 or 7 hours).  I had so many from the car window I thought they deserved their own little post.  I also wanted to prove that although the ring road may seem like a lot of driving if you are fitting into a week or so, but clearly so worth it.  Everything was absolutely photo worthy along the way. 

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