Operation Rendevous !

After escaping snow bound Norway we were looking forward to the relative warmth of Iceland after reading reports of 5C days but boy where we in for a shock as the infamous wind chill of Iceland tried to snap freeze our bone marrow as our days 250km journey took us to Grundafjordur in Sth West Iceland

It was an exciting arrival as our Norwegian aircraft touched down at Keflavik airport Iceland as we were looking forward to catching up with Billy & Tegan (Son in Law - Daughter) who'd journeyed from Melbourne by way of London to share our Iceland adventure. Our first impression was that they looked like 2 excited kids having already played around in the snow outside the terminal which dumped in such large quantities yesterday that it actually temporarily shutdown the airport !

Pumped for a great adventure we left Reykjavik after first stocking on supplies getting our first taste of the prevailing bitterly cold wind. I' m not sure whether it was the cold or the shock of the exorbitantly high prices of Iceland that had our jaws hanging by the time we got back in the car !

Our journey north west took us to the Snaefellsnes Peninsular. Some early highlights included running to take photos of a waterfall, running to take photos of Icelandic horses and running to take quick road side snaps - the theme was consistently repeated for one very good reason it was BLOODY COLD !

We eventually reached a pass that overlooked the Peninsular with iced up lakes and heaps of powdery snow. Billy feeling energetic still on OZ time decided to demonstrate his circus skills by face planting in the snow after attempting his well known forward somsersault  - despite ending up with "ice singed" eyebrows he was none the worse for wear and after a good laugh, mainly at Billy's expense, we continued.

After a long day we finally reached Grundafjordur, a quaint village on the coast backed by the stunning Kirkjulell Mtn which is so often seen in the many spectacular northern lights shots taken around this area. Entering Grundafjordur though showed the village to look like it had been through a snow seige with high drifts piled alongside its now cleared roads.

With the towns Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall car park (small) fully occupied we headed to our slightly out of town accommodation where Monika and Tegan prepared a healthly vegetable soup badly needed by Monika and self after a weeks indulgence in Norway !

Despite the clear night we crashed into bed with the Northern Lights activity forecast only being 1 (little / no activity) - sleep was definitely a prioiority for this evening after a big day by all.

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