First day camping

First official day in Iceland was special! We collected our camper and checked it all for a while. We then began driving around the quiet streets and took turns at driving. Felt weird at first for us both but Eth (as he was driving for the rest of the day) already got the hang of being on the other side of the road very quickly. From there we took off and went to the grocery store. We had no game plan going in so we were in there for way too long, but we met a really lovely American couple who were finishing their trip and gave us some of their leftover food and items which was helpful. We then drive to Thingvellir National park (about an hour drive) and did the small hike to see the site and explored the area (called Almannagjá) where we saw our first waterfall (Öxaráfoss). We had the best day with the best weather; clear skies, sunny and everything is still so pretty and green which is crazy! The scenery was so so gorgeous. We read about some dark history, explaining that back in the day this place would be where they executed people by drowning them in the rapids or hanging from some of the rocks….Pretty grim once you look at the beautiful water and then read what had happened there. We then drove to our campsite had a very average dinner and settled in for the night.Læs mere