On our last full day in Iceland we had scheduled a glacier hike. It was dark and rainy as we
made our way to the Solheimajökull Glacier. Solheimajökull Glacier is part of
the larger Mýrdalsjökull
Glacier and sits between two active volcanoes, Katla and Eijafjallajökull
(that’s the one that erupted in 2010 causing air traffic delays all over
Europe). We booked out guided tour with Arctic Adventures via Marriott Moments
(…because points…duh!). We had a great guide from Lithuania who was
knowledgeable and patient with the people in our group that were taking too
many selfies. The landscapes were pretty amazing, to see a glacier, lava rock,
green mountains and rainbow all in one picture was astounding! It was also eye
opening to see how much and how fast the glacier was melting.
After the hike we went to Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland’s deadliest beach.
Its deadly because it has waves called “sneaker waves” that sort of come out of
nowhere. A lot of people were taking their chances and my husband was just
waiting to capture one on video. And we did! You can see me in the video with
the purple rain jacket on. Someone had asked me to take a picture of their
group and I just had a feeling I shouldn’t take my eye off the ocean. And I was
right! There was a café here and pay-to-use bathrooms (when we visited they
hadn’t been cleaned in a while so I was kind of pissed I paid to use a filthy
bathroom).
To end our day of site seeing we swung by the famous Skógafoss
and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls. Skógafoss was BIG! Its hard to capture a
picture without anyone else in the back ground but we managed to get a few.
There is a staircase where you can walk to the top and walk along the river a
bit to see more waterfalls. Again, people were getting awfully close to the
cliff’s edge to take pictures (upcoming post, “How to Die in Iceland”). The
staircase was killer, I’m an avid runner and I thought it was tough! And I even
saw people trying to walk up it heels; ladies lets forget the fashion
statements for a moment wear something functional!
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| Seljalandsfoss |
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| Skógafoss |
Seljalandsfoss is cool because you can walk behind it. And the water
just pours off the cliff! It started to rain on us here but we were prepared
with our full rain gear, pants included! There is a gift shop and small
café/food truck here. The café had really good soup and pastries! And hot
chocolate! With the rain and cool temperatures, I needed a hot chocolate! You
also had to pay to park at this stop. I’m not sure if they enforce it but we
paid anyway.
We made it back to our AirBnB and we were tired! We really just wanted
to order pizza. Iceland does have Domino’s and I really don’t care what your
opinion is on Domino’s, but I love them. But they wanted to test me a
confirmation number to place my order and I didn’t have cell service, so we
couldn’t order delivery. We decided to just walk there. And as we were walking
we found a local pizza joint, Eldsmiðjan and ended up just popping in there and we were
really glad we did. We had garlic break, pizza, beer and fresh Coke Zero (I
LOVE Coke Zero by the way. And when I say fresh I mean from a soda fountain).
