{"id":5045,"date":"2011-05-22T23:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T03:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2011-07-03T07:27:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T11:27:54","slug":"lava-doesnt-stop-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/2011\/05\/lava-doesnt-stop-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Lava doesn\u2019t stop me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Min and I took an amazing tour on this sunny Sunday. There were only 6 of us on the tour so we were allowed to spend quite a bit of time in each location. I must admit, our guide was the best I have ever had the pleasure to experience. He was very informative and talked a lot about the landscape.<\/p>\n

We saw the cod drying racks in the middle of the lava beds, the cod museum where they had an excellent exhibition and around the surrounding towns of Reykjavik. He drove us through the dried lava beds, explaining the years that they flowed through, adding some information about the local farmers whose land was covered by them and how the local towns came into development. He stopped at a shark meat drying shack where we all tasted a bit of shark (a bit salty) and a little of the schnapps that is made locally. He also brought a ton of bread with him and allowed us all to feed the horses on a local farm.<\/p>\n

We saw all sorts of local hot springs where we played in the sulfur steam, walked down to the lovely lookouts on the shore and hiked across the bridge back to America. Yes, here you are able to walk from one tectonic plate to the other \u2013 so we entered America from Europe and back without a passport! On we drove to a glass blowing center where we saw a nice demonstration and picked up a few pieces as souvenirs, and last but not least we went to visit the great Viking ship that was uncovered in Vinland.<\/p>\n

In order to complete our trip, he dropped us all off at the famous Blue Lagoon where we took a few hours to relax in the natural geothermal pool. Although I do not have pictures of actually being in the pools, you can only imagine how amazing they are! We floated around in the steamy pools surrounded by dried lava with silica mud masks on, eating ice cream and drinking Blue Lagoon cocktails. It was by far the most amazing experience ever!<\/p>\n

On the way home we had to pass through the thick cloud of ash from Grimsvotn that had erupted the day before. Still no idea yet if I will be stuck on this island, but after being in the Blue Lagoon\u2026 well, I wouldn\u2019t much mind another go!<\/p>\n

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