2017 in Review

2017 is already coming to an end! It's been quite a year. We only published 10 blog posts! I can't believe it. Not great, but it was a hectic time. How was your year?

This year we...

Moved in together

We now have a cozy, tiny apartment just to ourselves & a couple pets. It's been fun combining our odd collections and libraries! We both also read a lot.

Got Engaged

Yes - we got an apartment and we got engaged! It's almost like we're real adults now.

Visited California & Oregon (again)

Clearly we're enamored with the West Coast. Keep an eye out for some of these posts to arrive in the new year.

Our plans for 2018 include...

Blogging More!

We have a ton to post about, we just haven't had as much free time! I intend to make it more of a priority. I love memorializing our adventures on here.

Traveling to New Orleans

We will be visiting New Orleans early next year! We have a ton of locations in mind to visit, and we can't wait!

Traveling to Las Vegas

We will also be visiting Las Vegas! We're hoping to also check out some surrounding areas as time allows. If you've been, please let us know what we should not miss.

Getting married

Since one of us is still finishing up school, this is a little up in the air at the moment, but we'd like to get more into the planning stages of a small wedding for late next year.

What are your goals for 2018? What kind of posts would you like to see more of on here?

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ICELAND: The Waterfalls of South Iceland

In Iceland, it kinda feels like you can't toss a rock without hitting a waterfall. Despite the fact that there are so many, some of them really stand out among the rest. Our tour along the south coast of Iceland was largely a tour of waterfalls. Within a couple days we stopped to visit three big ones: Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui, and Skogafoss.

Seljalandsfoss is a large waterfall, and the closest to Reykjavik. This one is unique in that you can walk behind it! When visiting, be sure to wear waterproof shoes, coats, and protective gear for photo equipment. It is cold, slippery, and very wet.

It's always difficult to capture the scale of these sights in photos, but if you look closely you can see people for scale.

Directly next door to Seljalandsfoss is it's lesser known neighbor, Gljufrabui (a name meaning, dweller of the gorge). This waterfall may be the most magical, as it's truly a hidden gem. To get to this one, you must be wearing rainboots as the path is flooded! Additionally, this one was very difficult to capture with photos, and so you must see it in person to really understand.

Upon walking up the the fall, you can see a bit of it from outside. However, it's not until you walk into the gorge that you can truly experience how mystical this location is. Honestly, sights like these help me to see how the Icelandic have such a rich fantasy mythology (it definitely seems like an elven home!).

Finally, we visited Skogafoss the next morning as the day was getting late (although you can easily visit all three within a day trip from Reykjavik!). We will share more about Skogafoss in the next entry.

Which of these waterfalls would you most like to visit? If you have visited, which were your favorites?

This is part of a series of posts about our trip to Iceland.

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