Island Day 4

'It was exhilarating and with every step we stepped deeper'

The first stop that day was also a waterfall. Skogafoss is one of the most famous waterfalls in Iceland and rightfully so! You can see it from afar and the drop is impressive but I think the best was yet to come. Next to the waterfall, you could climb up a staircase (slippery and slippery, not that easy at all!) and look down on the water masses from above. Even underneath your feet! Once you were up there, you also had the opportunity to wander along the edge of the gorge and follow the water into the mountains. Of course, we took the time to do that! It was raining lightly and for many minutes we were immersed in such dense fog that we could only see the water below us but not the mountains and meadows beside us, it was mystical! (Thanks to my neon yellow covers, you could always see me, I was really not overlooked). We followed the path, which was sometimes quite narrow and even had to climb once, and passed many waterfalls. You could see how the water makes its way through the mountains and how it becomes rushing waterfalls in certain places. You can see how the interplay of water and time formed the stones and we saw distorted figures made of stone. I saw a foot, Yvonne saw a face, and once we saw a woman lying in the water. I loved how this place inspired our imagination. On the way back, we stopped by the smaller waterfall next door and ventured past the rocks directly (well, almost) under the falling water. The spray was so strong that you could hardly look up, but we did. We stood on a big rock and looked up, towards the water and towards the sky, peeking through the rocks. It's a raging feeling to be so close to so much power and the wetness doesn't bother you in that moment.

Back in the car, we dried ourselves as best we could and had a snack before we made the long drive to the glacier. When we made the first stop, from which you can get close to the glacier, it was already dusk. We walked through autumnally shimmering mountains for a few minutes until we reached the water and saw the glacier up close. A bit dirty but so, so impressive. Big and crevassed and like a river - still and frozen in time and that was only a small part!

Through night, fog, and rain, we drove to the next accommodation and arrived tired but happy.