Day 8: Wishes Not Weeds

The motel we traveled to has a hot tub!!!!! I packed my swimsuit for the Blue Lagoon swimming trip, but I was really hoping to use my swim suit more after that event. My professor didn’t think any other places would have a swimming area, much less a hot tub. BUT THIS PLACE DOES AND I’M SOOOO EXCITED ABOUT IT! No joke the first two hours after arriving at the place I was in the hot tub. It was wonderful. I was able to not only see the ocean but part of the cost line too. There was a lot of moss, as everywhere in Iceland there is, but I also saw Dandelion flowers and some see grass, which was very cool. I love Dandelions. Some people see them as weeds but not me, I see them as wishes. Chunks of wishes just waiting to be blown away by the wind, or by a passerby who believes. The class day today was more bus rides. We encountered what I think is my favorite spot so far, the Gorge. Beautiful blue water below the green mossy ridge. We also stopped at this cheeky tourist spot where you can sit in a big metal bowl set beneath a hungry/angry looking troll statue. I think it’s pretty funny. We saw another church today, but we’ve seen a lot of churches so far. I’m not religious myself, but I do appreciate good architecture. This church was gray and blue, it was a nice color combo. Sheep and their lambs lazily ate at the mossy grass that surrounded the area. So many babies!

Till tomorrow,

Dale.