Travel Day + First Night in Iceland

After 26 hours, 3 flights, minimal sleep, 1 soil exam for Iesha, and 1 realisation from Ethan that we're literally on the opposite side of the world, we've arrived in Iceland! The scenery flying over Iceland was insane and we saw massive glaciers.  We got a taxi to our hotel finally showered and just ate burgers for dinner at the hotel bistro which were actually really yum.

Our Aurora forecast app said there was a good chance of seeing the lights from 9pm (it starts to get dark around 9-10pm) but we were exhausted so went to sleep at 8:30 with alarms set every half hour. Ethan woke up at 9:30pm and saw the lights out of our window so woke up Iesha (she was absolutely zonked out), got dressed and rushed outside to take some pictures. Obviously the hotel is very well insulated because we went to dinner in only t-shirts and pants but were freezing when we went outside to take photos with jumpers and trackies on. Seeing the northern lights for the first time was so so magical and surreal. We're sure we will get some better lights experiences but incredibly that we saw them on our very first day! The camper trip starts tomorrow.Read more