Blue Lagoon

After seeing and certainly smelling some wonderful fumeroles of different sizes and scales. Ian our knowledgable tour guide took us to our final stop for the day, the blue lagoon. This was a real highlight. Warm waters of 37 degrees, age defying facial rub made of silica and to top it off make shift waterfalls and steam rooms. It was spa treatment certainly for the Icelandic elite, but the boys and staff were certainly treated to an amazing once in a life time experience. 

Day 1

We were pleased to see the back of a grey, wet England and standstills on the motorways as we took off on WOW airways this morning. The airline did actually wow us with its comfort and efficiency. 3 hours later we landed in a sunny yet brisk Iceland to be greeted by Ian Hardy our tour guide and Amundy our coach driver. It was straight on the bus from the airport to see our first view of rifting between the continents and then on to see the impressive site of geothermally heated water pouring in to the Atlantic Ocean. Already impressed by the landscape we headed off to solfatara to see fumeroles emitting pungent sulphurous steam in to the air creating a wonderfully eerie atmosphere. It was then on to the Blue Lagoon for a relaxing evening spa.

A late evening meal of very fresh food in our comfortable hotel topped off an excellent first day. Although no Northern Lights thus far.