Lately I have had a lot of people asking about how we were able to move to Iceland. I’ve gotten e-mails, comments on Instagram, tweets. People who have vacationed in Iceland and would love to move here.As these month numbers grow bigger, I am reminded of how lucky we are to be living in Iceland. I don’t take it for granted. I still smile when I see the mountains out our living room window. The incredible winter sunsets still take my breath away. I get excited every single weekend to explore somewhere new.
It’s a pretty amazing feeling. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m not on vacation. This is our life. This is where we want to be. So I promise you that I will keep exploring, keep discovering, keep sharing Iceland secrets with you. This stuff is too good not to share!
1/20 – I asked a few girls if they wanted to start a book club. I thought it would be a good way to keep me on top of my reading goals, and I’ve never been in a book club before! I feel like a real adult having “book club night” on my calendar. The first book we read was The Dinner by Herman Koch. I don’t think any of us were thrilled with the book, so the meeting to discuss turned into wine and chatting about our Icelandic lives night – I’ll take that!
Currently we are reading All the Light We Cannot See. I just have to say, I am struggling to get through this book. Also this is literally the third time I have tried reading it! I know it’s an International best seller, what’s wrong with me?!
1/23 – I was honored to be invited with the Iceland Touring Association for a day of hiking. The weather was rainy and windy (surprise?!) but walking through the mountains was so beautiful. And just like typical Iceland, all of a sudden we would come across a lake or a waterfall out of nowhere…I loved every minute of it. (Per this photo, is it any surprise that I am the last one in the group?! The guides were always looking behind to make sure I didn’t disappear because I’m always taking so many photos!)
FYI: The Touring Association website lists the most popular hiking trails in Iceland.
1/24 – This year Bobby turns the big 3-0, and I knew for a while that I wanted to give him a trip somewhere. Because you only turn 30 once, and we are so close to Europe, and how many reasons do you really need to travel? Not many for me! So for MONTHS I have been thinking about where to go. One day I looked at flights and it was really reasonable to fly into Switzerland, so I’m like “hmm, snowboarding in the Swiss Alps? YEP!” and immediately booked the flights. I quickly crafted up two boarding passes (we don’t have a printer) and gave them to Bobby 20 minutes later. I can’t keep secrets!
1/30 – So that weekend we realized we better get practicing for the big mountains, and headed over to Bláfjöll ski hill. This is when I was starting to get sick, so after two runs, I felt like I was going to cough up blood, so we called it quits.
1/31 – Then the omega cold 5000 hit me full force. I spent the next three days miserable and trying every natural homemade remedy I could think of to kick it out of my system. Those Icelandic germs got me good!
2/6 – The next weekend I was more than ready for a road trip. Unfortunately, Bobby picked up the omega cold 5000 and obviously couldn’t spend the day exploring outside. So I headed to Snæfellsnes by myself…and we all know how THAT turned out. Lesson learned. You win, Iceland roads.
-Icelandic. I am going to put that on this list until it’s not hard and just see how long it takes. This will be a fun experiment.
-The daylight hours are so much better now. Sunrise is 9am and sunset is 6:15. This has been making the days much more manageable, and I know summer is on it’s way!
