Hunting houses in Iceland

From Jamaica I flew to Boston, what a lovely city! A shame I only had one night to spend there. But then it was time to move on to the next continent. I'm spending the last 2 weeks of my trip in Iceland. Well, only 1 left anymore, really, am I going back home already??? When I planned the trip I probably thought I have to freeze a bit before going back home so Finland will feel warm. Well, if I look at weather reports in Helsinki then I'm actually having more sun & warmth in here. So I'll stop complaining, right now.

I arrived in Reykjavik on Thursday and Meri was there already waiting for me together with our host, Oli, an icelandic dude I found via Couchsurfers. One day later Tanja joined us and on Saturday the group was completed when Jane arrived. We did some stuff in Reykjavik (lots of BBQ & beverages) before it was time to hit the ring road. I had booked a rental car in advance and we for sure hoped it'd be upgraded to a bigger one as 4 persons with loads of luggage would never fit into an economic one. Well, didn't happen so not only the trunk was full but also all the seats&laps except the one of the driver... Sometimes it's nice to be the one who sits behind the wheel :)

Yes, nature. That's why we are here. Lava fields, volcanoes, glaciers. But really, the most interesting things are the old abandoned houses. Gorgeous places!!! I wanna hunt in them when I'm a ghost. In some of them you can even spend a night, which for sure is better than to freeze in a tent.

But hey, I can't complain how the nature looks like...

The 2nd weekend we spent at Eistnaflug festival located in Neskaupstadur, a small town located by a fjord. But about that there will be another blog update... To tired & lazy now, as we just came back from watching blue whales (!!!). And more about that also later...