This year Stewart and I were invited to join some friends at a house they had rented on Lake Iseo in Italy during Christo's installation of The Floating Piers. WOW Airlines was offering great prices on flights, so we decided to stop in Iceland on our way there. We had about five days in each location. The time flew by as we clocked loads of adventures. Here's some of what we saw.
The Secret Lagoon. Our goal in Iceland was to soak in hot water at least once a day. This was our first night.
A path to the geysers at The Secret Lagoon.
Greenhouses near The Secret Lagoon. This is 10:00 at night. Though it was cloudy, the nights never got dark.
The Lupin or BlueBells grow like weeds all over the countryside.
Midnight outside of the second nights soak at Laugarvatn Fontana.
Under a waterfall looking up.
Scar on path to soak for day three at the oldest swimming pool in Iceland, Seljavallalaug Pool.
Met this guy on our hike up the hill to find soak number four.
After the 2.5 mile hike up, this view and the hot flowing river made the whole climb worth it.
Our fifth and final soak was the famous Blue Lagoon.
Then it was off to Italy for The Floating Piers!
Amazing experience being out on the water with hundreds of thousands of people and seeing Christo & Jean Claude's dream become a fantastic reality.
The swans loved it too.
We interacted with so many different people each time we ventured out to the Piers. These two were recipients of noses we brought from the whythenose project.
We lucked out with the location of our house. Rather than wait on the hours long line that many people had to endure to get to The Floating Piers, we were able to take a ferry to the large island in the center of the lake and walk a mile to the island entrance of the piers.
The house was also a great place for dinner with a view.
...and to just relax and watch the water.
We took more than just a small piece of the Piers home with us.
