The thing that I love about Iceland is that it is so tourist friendly. You don't have to go on complicated hikes to see the most amazing sites in the country. Usually, you roll right up to the parking lot and you're exactly within view of the site you came to see. As soon as we turned onto the road where Seljalandsfoss waterfall was located, boom. We were looking right at it!
We arrived at about 3 am, so we ended up having the entire place all to ourselves. It was cold and raining, but that didn't stop us from getting out of the car to get an up close and personal view of the massive waterfall.
There were beautiful bridges and pathways to cross or climb for optimal waterfall viewing...
We just stuck to the gravel pathways though and were still able to get spectacular views.
We had just wrapped up a tour of Ireland, which really disappointed me with their sheep. I had visions of free roaming sheep all over the country, but we ended up seeing more cows than anything there lol. But what Ireland was lacking in the free roaming sheep department, Iceland more than made up for it. To my delight, this little trio of sheep were happily grazing on the foliage the whole time we were wandering the grounds.
Our first stop of the day at Seljalandsfoss was truly magical. It was the first time I've ever been that close to such a beautiful and powerful waterfall, I couldn't wait to see what the rest of our travels that day were doing to bring. Stay tuned. I can't wait to show you more of this amazing country!
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Absolutely stunning and I love that there's so much light. Up at 2AM! You're a hoot. Love the photography. Very, very nice to see all these images.
ReplyDeleteWhat a site to behold, I bet it is very noisy there. And I bet those sheep give a healing milk and cheese given all them herbs they graze there. I've heard about a lot of kids with serious problems (autism and such) who calmed down their problems by eating organic sheep or goat cheese and milk straight from the village where they graze on herbs.
ReplyDeleteThat’s gorgeous and I love that the surroundings are equally lovely. I’ve left the house at 4 am for flights, but I doubt we’ve left before 6 am for a drive to anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat waterfall does looks super awesome
ReplyDeleteI join in pounding to see the magnitude of this waterfall discharge and the height is also fantastic!.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed by the Icelandic government who prepared a parking lot not far from the destination so it did not take much time.
Photos of your vacation are very cool, Theresa.
Love the photos! I never thought of Iceland before you started posting about it, but now I want to go explore there. We've left around midnight a few times to head to Florida. It's the only way to avoid NY traffic and then DC traffic. Once we thought we'd be swift and leave around 8PM. Ever drive through the Carolinas in the pitch black?? Never, ever again...
ReplyDeleteI've gotten up that early for work once or twice, but never a road trip. 20 hours of daylight could sway me though. Now that sure is a waterfall. Sheep and no cow patties are a win too.
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