this is really bad if we turn around
Eric Conover here from my studio apartment in New York and in this video
I am traveling to ice London I booked a one-way ticket I don't really have too
much of a plan without further ado let's go to Iceland
before we hop on this flight I want to give a quick thank you to audible for
sponsoring this travel video to Iceland I've been using audible for as long as I
can remember and it is my number one travel app for passing the time on long
flights it's always cool when a company that I actually use in my everyday life
reaches out to me and wants to work together and collaborate on a video
listen it's audible right now actually the the book The Alchemist
I believe you recommended that's me right you actually I'm listening to
inaudible right now that is the best because a lot of people especially
nowadays they don't like to read or they say they don't have the time to read but
for me because I travel so much I just pop in an audio book and I'm good to go
especially on those long flights how long is the flight Iceland I think it's
like five and a half hours okay I'll get a good warm destination why don't we I
was saying why don't we choose a warm destination yeah we were deciding
between this and what Costa Rica oh sorry I'm actually shaped it's so cold
this is an actual whiteout I should project Pole for now yeah
what this is a little dangerous we're actually gonna pull over and stay here
for a sec and see if the storm shows out we are going to be doing a lot of
driving on this trip so that means for this guy potential if we switch lots of
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fold over on the side of the middle of a blizzard and again Altima thank you so
much for sponsoring this video and allowing us to travel to Iceland in the
middle of this blizzard to demonstrate how actually crazy it is in this storm
I'm going to go out just for a second into the road so you can see how gnarly
this is why we're pulled over
just as fast as that storm rolled in it was done we drove through the night out
of nowhere we look up and we saw saw this
the nights in Iceland and February are long finally the Sun started creeping up
over the horizon we've been driving for 12 days we haven't had a sign of life
it's been it's been cold we've broken down three times we're drinking our own
peepee now it's fine after driving the whole night which was a very dumb idea
we should have probably got a hotel we arrived at a spot called Gullfoss
now Gullfoss is one of the most incredible waterfalls I have ever seen
it's located in southern Iceland where the white river rushes south and flows
down into this wide curved three-step staircase like waterfall and then
plunges down into this crevasse and go Falls with one of those spots where you
just stand there in all of nature we might have put some locals and we are
walking down to the waterfall but it snowed a probably a good two feet last
night so we're trekking through this we might turn back but you're trying to get
of course we can go Falls is also one of the most popular tourist attractions in
all of Iceland and that is for good reason this place was packed by tourists
but still nonetheless it was beautiful all these places on our list are very
touristy and I think the number one thing to do thus far is to just go for a
drive and pull over I mean that's the way that really discover Iceland all
right we have a bit of a bit of an issue here how bad is it
oh you're stuck it's not the tourist destinations granted they are very
beautiful but I mean look look at this look at this just on the random side of
the road there's just a horse farm couldn't plan stopping over for a horse
farm that's just so picturesque in with a beautiful mountain in the background
like we out like you always say you know the the best parts of travelling is
getting going on the adventure of not knowing where you're gonna go and not
planning things and that's kind of been what we're doing on this trip is just
driving around we know the touristy spots to go to but
on the way that's where the real adventure is so let's get back in the
car crank that heat cranked the bow warmers and just go on a little road
trip adventure in Iceland we followed David off this road off the
main highway which we're in the middle of nowhere and we would have never been
able to find this place like if he just said hey guys I'm leaving we would be
completely lost he says to us look left here this is where all the tourists go
this is the hot spring that is just like the main tourist attraction and I'm
gonna take you to the one that is not on the tourist maps
so that's what we're going now we actually all met through Instagram I
post on my story and was asking if there's anyone in Iceland who wanted to
go on an adventure and that's how we all met up which is pretty sweet the power
of the internet oh and just for the video and for the I guess preservation
of the spot we're going to I'm not gonna put it in the video where we're going
but I will say come to Iceland meet up with local people the other hot spring
was full of tourists and looked behind me there is not a single person here
we're very Oprah paired for this so right behind me this little door that is
the entrance to the hot spring and if you look over that way that is actual
hot spring but we did bring bathing suits or towels and there are a few
other people here so we can't really go in naked we are definitely gonna come
back here at some point on our lease land adventure but for now gonna head
back to the car once the Sun Goes Down the temperature falls
we figured tonight we should actually find a proper place to stay so I booked
an Airbnb in a little town outside of Selfoss and we are looking for it now
it's just a one-room shack and apparently this is one of the oldest
towns in Iceland it's an actual Shack this is the spot let's check this place
out please be warm toasty welcome home for the night
this is the grand Iceland bar an Airbnb tour you walk in through the front door
and the kitchens on the right just a very tiny kitchen the necessities coffee
maker a little table all you need you walk into the main hallway and into the
bathroom from the kitchen you make your way to the foyer and from the foyer to
the bedroom just a tiny little cabin it's actually just a cabin in the middle
of a field and Iceland where's the middle of nowhere we are actually we're
out here pause for a second you know future air here and this is the calm
before the storm in the next episode of the Icelandic series we can call it the
biggest blizzard they've had in recent history just a little bit of
foreshadowing of what's to come the Iceland trip was the most intense trip
of my life the intro to the trip was very mellow but it goes from zero to 100
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in New York dude it sure feels good to have a place to live and not be sleeping
in the car getting on chuckling Airbnb and with that we will see you in the
next video