🔥The land of fire and ice❄️
I keep saying this: Iceland is like another planet. It's incredible nature is out of this world! Never in my life have I seen so many fascinating places. This country has it ALL: volcanoes, icebergs, waterfalls, geysirs, hot springs, lava fields, black sand beaches, stunning mountains and amazing aurora borealis!
Day 1
After not traveling anywhere abroad for couple of months I was surfing on Internet hoping to find some cheap flight tickets to anywhere. I came across a return ticket from Budapest to Reykjavik for 150 euros. When I told my boyfriend Denis and our friend Emanuel about this, they were very excited about the idea to visit Iceland. In a couple of days we decided to go so we bought the tickets. All we had to do is make a plan and buy everything necessary for the trip.
Considering none of us had a lot of money to spend, we made a low budget plan. Iceland is one of the most expensive countries in the world so hotels/hostels and restaurants were not part of the plan. That was fine with us because we are used to sleeping in wierd places and cooking our own food. We slept in a car which saved us a lot of money. We packed some winter clothes (it's very important that you bring waterproof and windproof clothes), good pair of shoes, sleeping bags, cameras and cooking equipment.
Also, when travelling to Iceland I recommend renting a car, otherwise you will be stuck in one place and miss all the beauty. We rented the cheepest four-wheel drive car and were ready to go!
I still remember the feeling when our plane came above Iceland. I was overly excited because it was my first flight and I've never seen anything like that before. The view was exactly how I imagined it to be. Like the name itself, it's the land of ice and from up above, everything looked frozen.
When we landed, we didn't have any exact plan where to go, so first things first, we went shopping to buy some food. Buying food in supermarkets is the best option if you want to save money as much as possible.
Fully loaded, we got snacks and supplies...
I swear this thing was the best.
Since we brought our cooking equipment, everyday we bought food at markets and cook for ourselves. It was a bit challenging due to the wind blowing and not having any walls or anything to protect the flame from extinguishing. But, somehow we managed to cook a decent meal everyday.
We found this black lava salt at the market and it was the best and most interesting salt I ever tasted.
fighting the wind
So the first day was not planned, we just decided to go south. While driving, we were amazed by all the beauty around us. The land was covered with moss, there was steam coming everywhere from the ground and snowy mountains laid in the distance. We felt so blessed and couldn't wait to explore this amazing country. In the link below you can see how it all looked when we started driving.
Honestly I don't know where we ended, but it was one hill we saw and wanted to climb. We followed some road and accidentally entered on golf terrain. 😅 We immediately realized where we came and stopped our car. Some guy was approaching us and he just started yelling and taking photos of our car's license plate. We apologized, but he didn't listen at all. We were so sorry and kept saying that to him. Eventually, we moved our car from the terrain and forgot all about it.
In Iceland, there are many openings on the ground that emit sulfurous gases that have an unpleasing smell (imagine the smell of rotten eggs 😝).
stinking gas
We climbed the hill and with every step the view was more and more incredible.
We noticed that a lot of areas in Iceland are covered with moss as you can see in a pic below.
Iceland was the country I have always wanted to visit and I am so grateful and happy that we had the opportunity to be there and experience all the beauty it offers. If you ever have the opportunity to go there please do, especially if you love nature and less crowded places (there are only around 300 000 people in Iceland and one third is located in Reykjavik). When you are out there, believe me that everywhere you look the nature is so unrealistic and fascinating, it feels like you are not on planet Earth.
Hope you enjoyed this post. Have a great day! 😊
To be continued...
All photos are taken by us