So lucky to have had friends here in Iceland for the last few days! We traveled around the ring road, took too many photos, ate gas station hotdogs every day, hunted sheep, got woken up by a never-ending fire alarm, played cards, drove through a blizzard, saw the Northern Lights, and hiked to glaciers, beaches, waterfalls, and craters. I’ll miss Evan, Chase, and Graeme!

Black sheep!

Snow at the top of the crater.

Christmas House!

Aurora Borealis!

Sooo lucky that we go to see the lights! I’m hoping that it will happen again so I can get some better photos, kind of difficult without a tripod.

I have about a week and a half left here in Iceland. Not really sure what I’m going to do yet! I fly to Hawaii (Kauai) October 2nd, my friend Sean lives there so I have a place to stay. After that I’ll probably be home for the holidays. Then back out, but I don’t know where to just yet. I may have to apply for a work or residency visa somewhere in Europe, or maybe hop around Asia for a few months. We’ll see!

Our time in the southern region of Iceland! Having a great time with my friends…all these photos were taken in one day, Iceland is all over the map :)

Still in Iceland! Still in Selfoss. But, today I leave for Reykjavik to meet my friend Evan and two new friends from Atlanta. We’re going to drive the ring road around the island, so I’ll finally get to see a lot more. However, I’ve gone to some really beautiful places around here and seen waterfalls, volcanos, and geysirs. Some of these places look like they belong in a calendar they’re so epic. Here are a bunch of photos.

Hitchhiking is safe and easy here so that’s pretty much how we get around.

Skogafoss, my favorite waterfall..

Heart attack.

Sheep!!!!

She doesn’t like the doctor.

Okay, enough sheep. For now.

Lina

and Rasa.

They work here at Iceland Bed and Breakfast where I’ve been staying, and they set me up doing photoshoots with friends of theirs so that I could actually make some money here. They’re from Lithuania, but Lina lives in Dubai. They’re awesome.

Well that is about it for now!

Iceland! I love it here. I think it’s the only time/place I’ve been at peace with the cold and rain. So far, the weather here has alternated every other day, one day sunny, the next day rainy. After today it’s supposed to be beautiful for a few days in a row.

It just feels magical here for some reason. Martin works during the day and I wonder around Selfoss or snuggle up on the couch with coffee at our bed and breakfast reading or editing photos. I found out that one of my friends from Atlanta is going to be here in about a week, which I’m soo excited about. They’re renting a car and driving around the entire island and I may get to tag along :) I’ll be here for about a month before flying to (surprise!) Hawaii! I had to make a quick decision about where to go next and Hawaii is one of my favorite places on earth. Iceland may be high up on the list as well, I can’t wait to see the more of the country.

London…I like it here.

Chinatown

Piccadilly Circus

Original Banksy!

annnnddd…Abbey Road!!

Gotta admire a man that will almost get hit by a car to document your Beatles obsession for you.

Natural History Museum

Hanging out with people at our hostel.

and now…hopping a flight to Iceland!! I’m still not sure how long I will be there, my visa is about to run out and I’m very sad about that. I have no idea if I’ll be going to south east Asia, home, or somewhere else afterwards. Hope to figure it out asap..

I was lucky enough to be in the same place at the same time with some of my friends from Atlanta recently! The band O’Brother was doing a short European tour and I met up with them in England for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, then rode with them for a show in Glasgow, Scotland. It was awesome. I got to hang out backstage and use the not-gross bathrooms at the festival, and we had a big van with a driver and TVs for the trip. Sadly we didn’t have much time in Scotland, I liked it there.

Reading

Leeds

Glasgow

Edinburgh Castle

After the tour we had a couple of days to hang out in London before they flew back to Atlanta. We got lucky and had really nice weather!

Olympics decor at Trafalgar Square

London Eye

Big Ben