I have returned from Iceland. It was a wonderful trip, and Iceland is an amazing place. I've been back home and back to work for just about a week now. While I thought I had gotten off scott free in terms of jet lag, the travel gods laughed in my face this weekend when all I wanted to do was sleep sleep sleep.
In between naps, I did have a chance to go through my pictures. The subject matter is quite photogenic so I'm not foreseeing hours of editing, but I had to chuckle at one photo in particular.
I am NOT a selfie taker and I don't understand the obsession with selfies. The last thing I want are pictures of ME, but this picture is like a symbol for the entire trip. While the trip was amazing and the country is beautiful it was was freaking cold! Let me clarify, the temperature wasn't cold like some places are cold - it was in the low 40s each day - but the windchill was something. We had snow the entire second day, while the remaining days were clear and beautiful, but the winds blowing off that snow were bitter. We were dressed in many many layers which mostly had to be taken off while inside so we didn't suffocate from heatstroke and put on quickly once outside. Photos were a struggle at times because gloves have to come off for touchscreens, but if off too long frostbite was sure to set in. I took most of the photos on my canon but also some on the iPhone. The switching back and forth took time and made me flustered in the cold as well. The whole process made me feel like we were on treadmill running full speed and the fact that I took a shot in selfie mode isn't surprising. Although I'm wondering what I was taking a picture of! What did I miss?!?!
Anyhow, I will share some photos later. A week wasn't long enough to see the whole country but it was all I could make happen over spring break. We went to see the Northern Lights, and we got to see them! So now I can go back over the summer when it isn't so cold, it's light all day and night, and I have more time available. Northern Lights in Iceland were on my bucket list, but those have now been replaced by summer in Iceland.
