"To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live."
Hans Christian Andersen
The next day, June 25th, entailed various excursions around the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. It began with a visit to the Sönghellir cave. The cave is known for the echoing sounds and there are names etched on the walls of people from long ago. It was a challenge to see the names in the dark, but Belinda, the Executive Director of Fulbright Iceland, led us in song(hopefully a link to the video there). After the cave we drove over to Djúpalónssandur beach. On this beach you'll find pieces of a British trawler that wrecked back in the 1940s. After wandering around the beach we drove to Hellnar and then took a hike through lava fields(originally explained to us as a flat 45 minute walk) back to our hotel in Arnarstapi. After a quick lunch we then drove to Lysuhólslaug for swimming in a geothermal algae bath. When we arrived for the swim it was cold and rainy, and even though the algae bath was outside it felt quite good.
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Kelly Maki
7/1/2023 09:57:48 am
Awesome photos! Thank you!
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