Pure, natural and unspoiled: That is what they say about Iceland. I can't wait to visit!This is a huge about-face from where I was when I first started reading about the island. The first travel books described a place where the weather can change every 10 minutes. Where the wind is so intense that it can rip car doors off from their hinges! What has scared me the most is the warning about unsuspectingly parking your car off the side of the road in order to capture some of the most unearthly natural scenery on camera. If not careful, tires can easily sink into lava quick sand. What had I gotten myself into? Having visited Alaska, we loved the crisp mountain air, the ocean full of whales, blue glaciers and salmon filled rivers. Iceland seemed to be our natural next travel destination. But from what I am reading, Iceland may be more like Alaska on steroids! Its a place of bubbling hot pots of water and mud, where I can also snorkel the ice cold, crystal clear waters of the fissure between the continental plates of Eurasia and America. Or where I can soak tired muscles in the geothermal heated waters along any hiking trail while nibbling on volcano-baked bread. Hey now, this beginning to sound downright enticing!
So, here we go to a place where the names of the people, towns, volcanoes, geysirs and glaciers are hard to say, but am promised, easy to love.
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