The Adventuring Hills

Day two in Iceland saw us rising before the sun - not difficult to do considering sunrise isn't until gone 10.30am in January! We had a quick breakfast at our hotel, with Paul enjoying the Icelandic yoghurt known as Skyr, then it was time to get layered up as much as possible ready for our Golden Circle tour that we were booked on for the day. Gray Line Tours picked us up from our hotel room to transport us to Reykjavik bus station where the coach tour departs. As we were getting ready for collection, the rain was coming down hard. It looked like it would be a soggy experience, but as we climbed onto the coach the rain quickly turned to snow. As people who were born and raised in England where snow is generally disappointing, and then the few times it is good, the country grinds to a halt; the snow we experienced in Iceland was something else entirely. Within minutes the ground was covered, but still life carried on as normal for everyone. The coach tour set off, and although ...