Monday, May 4, 2015

Adventure awaits us in Iceland

Island har altid været noget af en drømme destination, men samtidig har det også været en af de destinationer, som jeg af en eller anden grund aldrig har tænkt skulle blive en realitet. Om 5 dage bliver "The Land of Ice and Fire" dog virkelighed. Måske endda en tand for virkeligt. Vi kaster os ud i noget af et eventyr med Sara fra Little Miss Nissen, som jeg tidligere har delt nogle fantastiske oplevelser sammen med i den frodige jungle på Borneo. Vores plan er at følge Ringvejen (Route 1) og at tilbagelægge de 1332 kilometer på de seks dage, vi har til rådighed. Vi har mildest talt travlt, men vi tager den med ro og når, hvad vi når. Under alle omstændigheder så skal vi nok få en masse oplevelser, der får os til at tabe kæben og sår stjerner i vores øjne.

Men vi må også være ærlige. Her, weekenden inden afrejse er der indtruffet sig en strejf af nervøsitet. Vi har lige fundet ud af at store dele af landet rent faktisk er dækket af sne. Selvfølgelig ville der være noget sne, selvfølgelig ville der være koldt - men for nogle uger siden, da vi startede vores research, så var det absolut ikke et billede af Winter Wonderland, der tegnede sig på vores nethinde. Vi har planlagt det helt store outdoors-life-style med overnatning i telt, hotsprings som vores daglige badekar og en skovl i hånden, når naturen kalder. Alt dette synes nu at blive lidt af en udfordring. Vi prøver at kigge positivt på det, for alt andet end lige så bliver det en tur, vi sent vil glemme.

Vores tur til Island bliver anden etape af The Nordic Journey '15 og jeg skal sandelig love for, at det bliver noget af et eventyr.

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Iceland has always been something of a dream destination but at the same it has also been one of those destinations that I for some reason never thought would become a reality. However, it's happening. We are actually going to "The Land of Ice and Fire" and reality is hitting us hard. We are throwing ourselves into somewhat of an adventure with Sara from Little Miss Nissen, who I shared some amazing experiences with in the lush jungle of Borneo. Our plan is to follow the Ring Road (Route 1) all away around Iceland and cover a distance of approximately 1332 km in just six days. It's a no-brainer that we have a tight schedule but we'll try to just go with the flow and not hurry our way through the landscape. What we miss this time around, we can always come back and see another time. Either way I'm pretty sure this trip will give us enough jaw dropping moments to fuel our wanderlust hearts.

Honestly though, we must admit that a touch of nervousness has struck us this weekend. We just found out that a huge part of Iceland is actually covered in snow. Of course we were expecting some snow, and of course we were expecting it to be cold - but when we started out research a few weeks ago, it was definitely not Winter Wonderland that was pictured in our minds. We have planned to rough it by going all in on the outdoors-door-life style with sleeping in tent, taking daily baths in hotsprings and diggin' holes in the ground, when nature calls. All of this seems a bit challenging now. We try to stay positive and keep reassuring ourselves that no matter what it's gonna be an epic journey we will never forget.

Our trip to Iceland is the second stage of The Nordic Journey '15 and I promise you it's gonna be an adventure of a lifetime.

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