{"id":647,"date":"2015-07-20T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-07-20T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T18:17:11","slug":"2015-7-20-iceland-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Iceland in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll be honest. The task of coming back to a blog after 1 month of silence and having literally hundreds of stories and several thousand photos to chose from is overwhelming. So I will start slow and maybe there will be more and maybe there will be less. But here are pictures from Iceland, a country that is like a distilled version of everything Scandinavian – filled with beautiful, light-haired and blue-eyed people, white, minimalistic design, higher prices (and higher quality), wild, drunken night life, friendly (if private) people, cold weather and no public restrooms – and of course some of the most magnificent nature this region of the world has to offer.<\/p>\n

\"Enjoying
Enjoying local cuisine; Skyr and hotdogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Reykjav\u00edk
Reykjav\u00edk from above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On
On top of the world and in between continental plates at \u00deingvellir National park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Driving
Driving around the Golden circle with Jodi and Bernie from Maine. Gullfoss in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This might be the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Nature reserve on Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kull peninsula, West Iceland. We had dinner right there on the beach with a view to volcanic formations, snow covered mountains, waterfalls and an abundance of sheep (Dinner was lamb chops…)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Enjoying
Enjoying the view on the walk from Arnarstapi to Hellnar, Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kull peninsula, West Iceland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The hiiiiils are alive … (Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kull in the background)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Please
Please note: I was the appropriately dressed one. In the beginning I was pretty pissed that Iceland has branded themselves as the original Vikings (Danes are!) but after this day I was like: “okay, you can have it”…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Snapping
Snapping photos from the car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hitch
Hitch hiking for the first time. It was a great success and we got picked up by four generous Icelanders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dinner
Dinner with a view on Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) in South Iceland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I
I am not exaggerating when I say that this lobster is one of the most delicious things I have eaten in my life. I couldn’t help but laugh when I was texting with one of my best friends and she was like: “So … you sleep in a tent and eat in really fancy restaurants?” Totally spot on! At least we have our priorities straight \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"NBD.
NBD. Just hanging out in a natural hot top in the mountains near Eyjafjallajokull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Babyhorses
Babyhorses and arctic lupin in abundance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Sk\u00f3gar:
Sk\u00f3gar: Nice waterfall, crappy camp ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Making
Making new friends in cold and rainy V\u00edk. One Canadian, two Americans, two Danes and a Brit\/Singaporean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I
I didn’t realize ’till afterwards why this dog was acting so strangely: there are no trees in Iceland, so this pup was fetching stones instead!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We rode on horseback to this waterfall and then climbed behind it. Who said awesome?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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… Throw in some glaciers and a Snoop Dog concert for good measure and you have a pretty successful Iceland trip!<\/p>\n

All roads lead to Rome, so that’s where we’re headed next. It is literally 4 times as hot down there as it is here, but I spent all day yesterday mapping the best gelato places in town, so I think we’ll survive \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\/Isa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll be honest. The task of coming back to a blog after 1 month of silence and having literally hundreds of stories and several thousand photos to chose from is overwhelming. So I will start slow and maybe there will be more and maybe there will be less. But here are pictures from Iceland, a country that is like a distilled version of everything Scandinavian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iceland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwt.1d.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}