After spending about ten times more days in Reykjavik than every other traveler I met, like them, I eventually got a car and hit the road. First stop was Snæfellsnes Peninsula (pronounced SNA-FULL-SNESS, I guess. You don’t want to be learning Icelandic pronunciation from me).
I was told by the internet that this region was like an entire mini-Iceland. That turned out to be true,
The tragedy of this country, however, is that the roads are extremely narrow and only one lane each way. There are also very few turn-outs. The photos here are about one tenth of the ones I would have liked to take. I don’t really feel like I captured this place to its potential. But, I had three days. Did what I could.
Finally, my new jam seems to be turning my camera sideways, placing a subject in the center-ish of the frame, and putting the camera low to the ground. Almost all of these shots were taken that way. This is either a sign of progress or regression. Jury is still out.
I am proud to have seen my first volcano, and though I thought before I went that I would try and put together some kind of cinematic and epic footage of the whole thing, I realized very quickly that wasn’t really realistic. And, if I’m honest, I am a little tired of that kind of content. The internet is full of people who have somehow managed to make every day life and tourist filled mountains look like Michael Bay films.
The truth is, if you go here. You will be joined by hundreds of other people in puffy jackets getting blown around on the rocks while you all try and enjoy what little you can see of the eruption. That’s the deal. So, that’s what’s in the video.
I was in Reykjavik, Iceland for 2 weeks, and this was the best photo I took there…lol. Not sure what my deal was, but I just couldn’t come up with anything compelling in the city (photo-wise). What I have to show for about a dozen hours of walking around is… some ducks. But hey, the little lake in the middle of town there was really nice. I went there a lot to relax and people watch.
I’ll be back in the capital for another week after my time north (I am way behind on updates here as I just decided to do this. So, starting back from the beginning).
Anyway, it was a very relaxing city to wander about and work from. I drank extreme amounts of espresso and got a lot of thinking done, which is always nice.
