FIRST DAY IN ICELAND - FROM KEFLAVIK to AKUREYRI IN THE NORTH

“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven." - Johannes A. Gaertner

Well, Iceland is on our bucket list, I must say that me and my husband are both so grateful about this trip and yes! Iceland, here we are!

We choose June to come and visit Iceland because of the weather condition. Summer in Iceland rolled around and we decided to rent a car to explore the country. Very few people know about the secrets Iceland has. And finally, we were there, witnessed the 24 hours day light.

It took about four hours flight from Paris to Keflavik International Airport. We landed at 9:20 in the morning. Grabbed our luggages then straight to the lobby after clearing the immigration.

The RED car rental guys welcome us at the gate. My husband then, look after the papers. Signed, then the RED guys handed the key and before we even know it. We were out on the road, driving in Iceland!

The first five minutes on the road didn't stopped me from taking photos! Me and my husband are both very excited about the whole trip. We have our GPS and after programming to our destination. That's it! All we did was just to enjoy the beautiful sights of Iceland.

Going to Akureyri in the North, took for about six hours drive. I know its tough for my husband driving but the beautiful landscape was enough to keep us both awake and energized. Akureyri is the 2^nd largest town in Iceland. It is said that its the most populated town outside Rejkhavik, with 200,000 residents.

ALONG THE WAY

From the airport, from left to right, we were looking at volcano lava fields but will show you more photos later taken somewhere in the south of Iceland. BUT today's highlights were the countryside landscapes of northwest Iceland.

There were also mountains. Then there was the waterfalls. Honestly, we've never seen so many random waterfalls bursting out of the mountains! The word AMAZING was floating in the air that time.. lolz..

As we go further north, the snow caps started appearing. And even some evidence of volcanic activity! Astonishing beauty out there. I feel guilty that i'm the only one appreciating the beauty of the nature so I asked my husband to pull over the car so like this, we both will enjoy the beauty. It's really exhausting because its like in every 10 minutes there's always something amazing nature to surprise you. For the past three hours, we've been on the road, in between those beautiful mountains.

We finally hit Akureyri at around 8pm. (Yeah, took that long because we keep stoping along the way.) Akureyri. It's a beautiful town nestled at the foot of a bunch of mountains, and sits on the coast of the Artic Ocean. There we spent our first night in Iceland. We stayed at the Icelandair Hotel Akureyri. Beautiful hotel. What I love about this hotel was that, they put us at the room facing the mountain glacier. Really enjoyed this hotel so much too.

Oh well, I took thousands of photos during our week travel but here, I thought to share 40 photographs which I took during our trip from Keflavik to Akureyri. I think, I better share it with you the way we travel too. Enjoy as much we enjoyed viewing them.