Wednesday, May 23, 2007

the blue lagoon and a year in a day





I got to go to some geothermal hot springs called the Blue lagoon. It is a HOT slufur pool that shines blue and white in the middle of a lava rock valley. when i arrived it was a sunny spring day and within minutes the weather changed dramatically. it started raining, then hailing, then snowing and then REALLY snowing. I sat in the hot waters while getting snowed on. I felt like one of those magestic monkeys you see on the nature channel covered in snow with icicles on his fur and eyebrows. They call iceland the land of fire and ice because of all the geothermal and volcanic activity. I really felt it at that moment. The experienceIt was like being on the moon because you'd look out over this surface that was sharp, jagged volcanic black rocks while you were floating in a hot milky pool. The weather is crazy here, one moment nice (15 degrees) the next it can be 2 degrees and snowing. If it weren't so beautiful, I'd be really upset. everyone here tells me i'm lucky that I get to experience all of icelandic weather in one day.

No comments: