Halló Iceland!

There are no words to describe the last 48 hours. I feel like the luckiest person in the world right now. So far, this has been the most relaxing trip I have ever experienced. I arrived with no problems and felt like I was actually landing on Mars. The landscape is unlike anything I have seen before. The air is fresh and the atmosphere calming.

I am staying with a writer at the National Theater in downtown Reykjavik in an adorable 1950s apartment with a view. Yesterday I travelled for hours through the countryside to Landmannalaugur with Icelandic friends from Minneapolis Vala and Gauti. At Landmannalaugur we enjoyed a picnic in sunny weather and then went to the hot springs I have always heard so much about. Gauti and Vala continued to spoil me the whole day as we made our way to his parents´ cabin. His family and I enjoyed a typical Icelandic Sunday dinner which consists of lamb and potatoes. Yummy! I was in disbelief the entire day.

Today I started class and it was so great to be back in the classroom. The other students seem really nice and I am looking forward to getting to know them. My teacher rocks too!


Typical landscape here



Vala and I during our picnic

The living room where I am staying



Lighthouse west of Reykjavik


Vala and Gauti after the picnic


Preserved viking settlement





Hot spring at Landmannalaugur