I did a lot of reading of blogs and trip advisor reviews before we set out on our trip, and I have to say so far I agree with everything everyone has said! The weather does change every five minutes, food and drinks are expensive and the landscape changes from lush greens to looking like you are on Mars in a matter of minutes. It’s nothing like we have ever experienced before.

After a terrible nights sleep, I could not get comfortable at all, and I have to say I’m not a big fan of my new camping pillow, I chased it around all night, we were lucky to have warm showers and set out to find some food. We stopped at the local grocery about 15 miles away and filled up on non parish able items, as we still have not been able to locate a cooler of any sorts. Feeling good about our purchases we headed to our first stop, Seljalandfoss. As we were driving Nick spotted it about 5 miles away and we debated back and forth whether that was actually where we were going. About a mile away you could finally see all the cars and campers parked in the lot. I just can’t get over the beauty and power of these falls, this one in particular drops 200 ft, and we were able to walk behind it into a small cave. Along a path were also many more smaller, but yet beautiful falls, one which we were able to stand at the base of.

Seljadlandfoss from the distance

Next up was Skogafoss (82 foot drop), a waterfall that you literally could walk into the center of. After hanging out below, when then made the trek up 500 + stairs to the top where we hiked along the Skoga river, which in my opinion had much more amazing views.

Skogafoss

 Compared to the beginning of the day, the rest was a little lack luster, but still beautiful. You just can’t beat the beautiful waterfalls. We visited Dyrholaey, which is a small peninsula, formerly an island of volcanic origin. Walking along the peninsula offered amazing views of the ocean and Iceland’s gorgeous black sand beaches.

Before heading to our campsite for the night we stopped off at Reynisfjara, voted in 1991 as one of the top ten most beautiful (non tropical) beaches in the world. We walked along the beach, out to see Reynisdranger, basalt sea stacks.

Chilly day on the beach

Basalt stone columns

Black sand

Legend has it two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock. Regardless of their story, they were a sight to see.

We made our way to Vik, where we planned to stay the night. Vik is a “larger” town within Iceland and apparently a popular spot for the teens traveling around Iceland, as it was packed, but to be honest there were lots of families as well. I have been very surprised at the amount of families traveling, as well as older couples, and they are traveling via camper vans or cars, not tourist buses.

We made a delicious dinner on our burner stove which consisted of pasta and sauce, had a glass of wine and called it a night.

Again, I apologize no pics, but will upload some as soon as we get home! In the meantime, keep checking Instagram 😉