we're Eamon and Bec and we've recently shipped our van from Canada to England
to adventure across Europe and while we wait for our van to sail across the
Atlantic we've taken an extended layover in beautiful Iceland where we've rented
yet another camper van to explore today we'll show you why this country is
called the Land of Fire and Ice good morning or should I say afternoon from
Iceland Eamon and I are well-rested Oh aren't we ever ready to take on the day
and get a little bit organized we've got a few activities planned over the next
couple of days so today is going to be our grocery begin our drive may be hot
spring afternoon of all the many recommendations we've had since getting
to Iceland the number one thing you guys have told us is go to bonus for
groceries because it's the cheapest and most successful grocery store so we're a
bonus yes we showed them but we went to a
vegan restaurant hmm those are few different vegan restaurants in town
vegans definitely a thing it was called blue and we'll see how we go here
so far we are very impressed with the bonus I think it's kind of go
thank you now the real adventure begins we've got to fit our groceries in this
tiny house Oh buddy it's tiny remember duck before entry if anybody's wondering
it was 9,000 Crona and that's about $71 so I didn't think that was that
expensive we bought a lot of food okay buddy we got our four items all right
we'll just have to eat the rest now I guess that's nice cheers Cheers
he passed the stove where do I find it it's at the front sure everybody the
stove for lunch today we're gonna just have a quick grilled cheese found this
awesome red cheese and that's all you need for a grilled cheese right coconut
oil whoa we got fire baby crack the door so we don't die yep
cheers everybody mm-hmm now I don't know if we've talked about this on the blog I
think we have big fan of ketchup and grilled cheese big fan and me no uh-oh
more for me that's so gross you can even taste the cheese you just catch up
that's powdered right there they have to help us set on the bed catch up with
grilled cheese or not pull it pull it oh we got the pole right here for you
take a second let me our thoughts my prediction is 50/50 yeah there are many
reasons van life makes you slow down but a perfect example would be this we have
just a wee little stove to make the grilled cheeses so we can literally only
make one at a time well I guess it's the wee little pan as well so we're eating
aha a half a sandwich each but we're just going slow and you'd expect maybe a
nice review here in Iceland you know the bonus parking lot is just
fine
we are just arriving to the trailhead oh yeah things just arriving to the
trailhead we see quite a number of cars but I did read on a blog post that
there's enough hot thermal River to go around so I think it's about a 30-minute
hike and I think it'll be well worth it so time to put our bathing suits on and
get hiking no I think it's because the door is open
do you have your Laird oh should i layer again are you cold or now I'll be fine
cuz we're gonna be walking right yep half an hour walk to the thermal river
track them gonna be there hmm pick up let's go
the distraction
we just fucking saw the noise of voices
and you can also tell you're approaching because that eggy smell just gets more
and more intense nothing like there are quite a few people in the river but we
just looked a little bit like literally ten seconds seconds up and we found
ourselves our own little hot pool I just met some locals on the way in and said
you know just chatting with them first of all you can drink any water in Alaska
which is pretty sweet why not even this one he's from Alaska any water in
Iceland is fair game and this is the spot because this is super hot water and
then it connects with the cold water so you can kind of dabble in both
all right let's get nasty yeah maybe we should go I don't wanna
I want you to know just how special I see
I wish after what was supposed to be a 30-minute hike we're back at the van
my favorite hikes are always the ones that are a little bit challenging but so
rewarding when you get to the summit so I would say that River was the biggest
reward possible rewarding to get there rewarding to get back we're gonna make
some bees aunties these aunties I was just my fall hmm just a little bit
better than the bonus parking lot this view is ridiculous exit she's
really making it not very dramatic ah that sucks dude a bird just knocked
our drone out of the sky and broke it broke its left arm like completely
broken I think it's done and we are heartbroken because of all the countries
we wanted to drone in this one is going to be so beautiful should we go back to
write you back Oh oh my gosh huge heartbreaker I mean here's the
problem here it was the birds fault it wasn't even my
fucking blame myself no or mean of course that's the only time I've ever
helped a drone in my hands yeah literally I got in the car and pasta
tour and I looked at the screen I was like back the problem is if we go back
to edge of ik today yeah it's not even gonna be open yeah it's like 9 p.m.
even though it looks like it's 4 p.m. it's 9 p.m. yeah it's not going to be
open babe and we've got this beautiful
accommodation waiting for us trying to get a code to the accent what we're
trying to say got it yeah go on boom bang this here blue vo cabins
I'm super excited we haven't showered since we've been
back home in Toronto so this is going to be a wonderful wonderful stay I can
already see how beautiful it's gonna be - can't wait to show you guys our had
her name's Judy left here yes please she did mention that this is a newer one
and the hot tub is not in yet so there's typically hot tub they saw these people
are John and Tubbs Hey half-life oh my god there's a shoehorn
look at the bathroom thanks Judy it's beautiful look at that
whatever the Thoth the floating toilets here in Iceland the toting flow of
floats oh my love I love it you know thank you so much I
apologize that I keep calling you Judy I don't know where Judy came from but this
is a good today while I was in that hot spring River I had a little moment of
gratitude just unbelievable unbelievably grateful for the life we're living and
all of the amazing things you get to see and do ah and arriving here and knowing
I get to go shower I can't even speak I'm just so excited it's so happy I've
got my bud in the kitchen hey bud no place I'd rather be
are you making breakfast and dinner right now Wow great kitchen how awesome
our lives Bubba it's ridiculous I mean the weather's been good the attitudes
have been great the drone crashed today but no real complaints no kidding I'm
trying to get you centered there okay dinner shower all that kind of good
stuff tonight we're doing chili con carne
oh it smells like sulfur
skies beautiful soy
we were gonna leave you guys with that beautiful time-lapse for the evening but
I'm crazy and this Midnight Sun has me going crazy
it's 11:30 p.m. and I've convinced a man to take me to the active geyser that's
only 15 minutes late
Oh not much traffic at this time it's such
a noisy single car from freaky Toronto traffic
Hey welcome to the geyser hot spring area
which became active more than 1,000 years ago
although the guys there is less active these days it did lend its name to hot
springs all over the world this one here is the lively stroker which is still
very active and spouts water 100 feet into the air every few minutes
and
it's fine
there's makers Paul forget only to started
I know you aren't feeling the best I just wanna say thank you for coming with
me I feel like midnight is the perfect time
to see these destinations because a there's nobody else here and B it's like
a perfect lighting pink skies purples guys that was really special amazing
this is peak time in Iceland so yeah come at night it's so worth it we will
see you guys in the morning I've got a very positive exciting
fantastic day planned I honestly I think it's just gonna keep getting better and
better and better tomorrow's gonna be like a litter it's your dream come true
isn't it I just I just see tomorrow see that
well that is going to complete our lovely stay here at Blue View cabins Wow
what a nice little place to reset rish our regroup or organize recharge and two
this morning we're going snowmobiling on a glacier oh my god our meeting point we
took a very jacked up rig to the lower base camp which was about 45 minutes and
then we jumped into our snazzy blue outfits and another 15 minute ride
what's up with the horn he's not even moving to this beautiful glacier this is
the bottom of the glacier I imagine it's only gonna get more and more stunning as
week
I already had our first casualty this is so fun it's super soft and kind of
watery so it's a little slippery if you go up a little slope these guys just
linked up with they're all guns yeah
we've only been riding for about 10 minutes another rider I'm pretty sure
he's scared shitless he's falling twice and he doesn't seem to want to get back
on what's that he wants to leave him on the glacier that's not very Canadian of
us I ran back and tried to help him but I also volunteered to drive his
snowmobile he gets it on the back so we'll see what he wants to do are you
having a great time actually I can't talk smiling like this is awesome and if
ever they were going to a cave did you know we're going to okay most of our
audience is American so we'll probably have to cut that out not offend anyone
we're snowmobiling at 900 meters above sea level now we're going down into a
natural man-made kick not man-made a natural cave and this is between the
glacier and the mountain what is the difference between the ice that you are
making to drink your gin and tonic at home and the ice that you find in a
glacier
that's wrong no the ice here is actually 90% water and only 10% air whereas at
home it's like 50 degrees so that's why it takes much longer for
this to melt and it also takes a lot longer for tea
back-to-back
all right huge thank you to Mountaineers of Iceland that was an epic adventure
hot love was an amazing chance I'd highly recommend that show fun tour
second largest glacier in all of Europe bus drivers yelling on the bus driver is
young and ice so we're gonna sign off today's vlog we hope you guys enjoyed
subscribe for more from Iceland we'll catch big love so bummed not to
have the drone that we've made the crazy decision to go straight from the
snowmobile excursion to wreak havoc which is about a two-hour drive and
we're going to make it literally just at 6 p.m. which is when all of the photo
shops closed we've called ahead we've asked them to wait for us so now I'm
back here making us dinner on the go I've got chilli from last night in a bag
and that's just how we do so I hope you enjoy the drone shots maybe we'll insert
a couple like earlier in this video to supplement and now you'll know how we
got those you guys like cool shot smash that thumbs up for me join us next week
as we drive along the Ring Road and make the most of Iceland's Midnight Sun it's
a jam-packed week of glacier climbing a hot tub in a boat a breathtaking glacier
lagoon some waterfalls and a whole lot more subscribe so you never miss a video