I & I - 2011, Page 8

8 I&I
"Iceland as a travel destination? Sounds interesting. Average
July temperature is only 13 degrees?? Hmm … Are you sure you
wanna go there?” Research on the internet, reading reviews and
browsing photos made all the doubts disappear and more than half
a year before the holidays we knew we were going to Iceland.
It was love at first sight—from the moment I saw the cliffs with
a charming lighthouse when our plane was landing in Keflavik in
the rays of the midnight sun. And that love grew during those 14
unforgettable days that we spent driving and hiking all around the
country.
The brightest impression of all was Jökulsárlón, the glacier
lagoon. Huge, striped or amazingly blue pieces of ice, drifting
around to finish their life in the ocean… It was so quiet in the lagoon
that one could hear the sound of melting and breaking ice and that
gave a truly magical feeling!"
"My husband always wanted to go to Iceland. We went
and now it is our favorite place. We flew up North to
Akureyri, and then drove the Ring Road back to Reykjavik, the
summer of 2008. We loved everything. The beautiful North with the
Fjords and Whale Watching out of Húsavik, Lake Mývatn and the
Nature Bath, and sitting next to the rushing waters of dettifoss, Ice-
land’s largest waterfall. We saw the mountains and Seydisfjördur
in the East. In the south we found all the little towns and waterfalls
every place you look. In Skaftafell National Park we went
hiking all the way up to the glacier. We floated among the ice-
bergs at Jökulsárlón lagoon and then watched as the icebergs
went out to sea. One of my favorite places was the Black Beach at
Reynisfjara with its Sea Stacks and the little farm dog to run with
on the beach."
"In the spring of 2009, during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, I fell
in love with Iceland. My students came in to class that morn-
ing speaking of nothing else but the eruption. We spent the en-
tire day researching the geology of Iceland, the geography of the
surrounding area, learned of volcanoes, watched video and viewed
breathtaking photographs, wrote an email to a photographer to
discuss his technique for photographing the volcano at night dur-
ing its powerful display of electricity, and wrote the principal of a
Reykjavik school to inquire how Iceland maintains and inspires one
hundred percent literacy (to which the principal promptly respond-
ed simply, “Practice, practice, practice...no magic!” My students
loved her response!)."
amazing Iceland...
by Anastasiya - August 08, 2010
Jaw dropping Beautiful
by Gail Allison - June 08, 2010
Beyond Inspiration
by Bonnie Serpa - August 08, 2011
inspired by iceLAnd“ ” Impressions of visitors.