Iceland Day 2 ~ Waterfalls & More!

When the alarm went off at 8am, we were both in a deep sleep and couldn't figure out why the hell the alarm was going off in the middle of the night - it was pitch black! We were out the door by 9:30am (sunrise!) driving east along the coast, with the low sun was in our eyes the entire time.....

 .....which means that the sun visors didn't help....which means that we had to get creative......😉

 

The terrain here was somewhat flat - think tundra - with mountains in the distance - some more snow-covered than others.

 

Our first stop was Seljalandsfoss ("foss" means waterfall in Icelandic), at 65 meters - one can walk around, but one also gets wet and it was very cold and windy! (Plus, we've walked behind many a waterfall in our day......)

Speaking of it being cold & windy - we did not bring scarves - thought our winter jackets (with high necks) would be enough - nope! Thus we also invented (along with the extended sun visors) the "shirt scarf!" Take a shirt you're not wearing, fold it into a scarf-shape, and tada! 😂 It worked. 

Just a couple minute walk down the path was Gljúfrabúi Waterfall......

 

Back to the car with hot coffees in hand, we continued down the road a bit passing the occassional glacier....

 

To the next waterfall: Skógar. This one even had a rainbow!

 Selfie time!

It was back in the car (heat on high and seat warmers turned up!) as we continued to Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland. Along the way, there was a small snow squall.
 

It was time for lunch and we found The Soup Company - they had great soups and free seconds - and ya know Brad is all about second servings! 😋

We took a quick jaunt to the black sand beach where there are basalt sea stacks....

(It was so windy that Suzanne kept getting pushed back and she (tried to) walk forward.)

 

We started heading back, but first took this picture in Vik.....
 

As we had a late lunch, we didn't have any dinner, and about 8pm headed back to where we were the night before to see if we could see any Northern Lights. We did see a few.....

 

 

...but they weren't as stellar as the night before and were visible only briefly. (We did see them from our Airbnb as well.....)