Easter of 2009 saw my partner John (aka “Raven”) and myself on an exotic vacation to… Iceland. Why Iceland? I had heard this query over and over again, and my response has typically been the same… “Why not? It happened rather randomly.” Being an avid subscriber to travel alerts, and a voracious purveyor of Expedia, I tend to sniff out the deals the way that dogs can locate the bone.
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Despite suffering from some troubling food poisoning on our first day (which consequently landed me in the hospital for a few hours), I was immediately struck by how stark and barren the land was; nothing but moss and volcanic rock. It was so beautiful and untouched by human influence - completely alone and natural. After getting to our hotel in Reykjavik from Keflavik (where we landed) and finding out we had > 8 hours before the possibility of checking into our hotel room, I finally admitted that I was suffering too much to wander around the city, and as such, we ended up in the hospital - me on an IV, and John napping in the cot beside me. After spending the better part of the day there, we headed back to the FossBaron hotel, where they finally checked us in.
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Various Photos
The Viking Museum
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A plethora of horses
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Videy Island
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Videy Island
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On our final day, before heading to the airport, we went for a soak at the Blue Lagoon. It was fantastic! The water was blue, due to the clay - provided in tubs along the water’s edge to slather on ourselves. The volcanic rock underfoot was an amazing skin exfoliate. Combined with a fantastic lunch in Keflavik, overlooking the water, it was a great way to end a vacation and actually arrive at an airport feeling refreshed.
