{"id":533,"date":"2013-02-23T13:07:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/141080.com\/?p=533"},"modified":"2026-08-12T02:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:57:45","slug":"iceland-short-trip-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandernotizen.com\/en\/island-kurztrip-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Iceland Short Trip 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took a relatively short, but very nice short trip to Iceland. Only five days on the island in total, but we still explored the entire southwest on our short Iceland trip. Actually, the plan was to stay in Reykjavik the whole time, but we ended up driving into the island's \u201einterior\u201c anyway. So we headed east towards the large geysers. The currently largest active geysir shoots 80-100\u00b0C hot water into the air every 10 minutes. Very impressive. Unfortunately, whatever we did, we subsequently had to dry our clothes in the car with the air conditioning *lol* It was only about 10\u00b0C above zero and thus it was bitterly cold in wet clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gullfoss \u2013 Waterfalls Iceland Short Trip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Iceland short trip \u2013 Gullfoss waterfalls<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We continued to Gullfoss waterfall, which consists of two cascades. In the evening, we found a small cave in the mountains where we found dry shelter and had a barbecue. Yummy! And well-deserved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it was off to sleep at Iceland's second highest waterfall, Haifoss, in the south of the island. After a short walk, after which we were soaking wet again, we peacefully fell asleep in our Jeep just a few meters away from the waterfall =). Until a severe storm woke us up in the night. It's a strange feeling when you get the feeling that the car is going to tip over in the middle of nowhere, in pitch darkness, in the middle of the night *lol* Not good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning we drove through the amazing volcanic landscape and returned to Reykjavik in the evening, along with the hotel's bed linens *blush* \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Lagoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Iceland short trip \u2013 Blue Lagoon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another highlight of our Iceland trip was visiting the Blue Lagoon<\/a>. A lagoon, not far from the capital, with actual blue, milky water. It's a really cool feeling to rub yourself with the volcanic mud, and it's damn good for relaxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing that took some getting used to on our short trip to Iceland was the tap water, as both the cold and hot water came from natural Sources<\/a> come and these are of course sulfurous. Yummy. It stinks to no end, at least in the first five days *g*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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