It turned out that Hjalmar is an opera singer. Hjalmar, our driver/guide, outside the Songs of Cave. The snowy path to Songhellir, the “cave of song,” known for its superb acoustic. The mysterious winter sight of Budir-estuary, where the river meets the sea. The magnificient view of Snaefellsjokull and Budir-estuary. Hotel Budir provides a sweeping view of Snaefellsjokull glaciers. ījarnafoss, one of the many waterfalls in the area, gracefully flowing into basalt rocks. The area is dominated by the immensity of Snaefellsjokull, the volcano that was the setting of Jules Verne’s fantasy novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The stark lava fields provides a fascinating contrast to the glistening glaciered mountain. The road cutting through expansive lava fields with magnificent snowy mountain ahead. – Snaefellsness is considered a miniature Iceland as it provides a sampler of what the whole country offers best. With spectacular glaciered mountains and volcanic peaks, stunning fjords, countless waterfalls and salmon rivers, dramatic sea cliffs and rock formation, charming fishing villages dotting the coastlines, lush valleys and lava fields, etc. On our first day, we headed straight to Snaefellsness Peninsula, the westernmost point of the country. For one, Iceland has a dramatic and diverse natural landscape that would take anybody’s breath away. Iceland was so beautiful and had so much to offer that we almost forgot the main reason why we traveled there during the cold winter days in the first place. But the nights turned out cloudy and rainy, except for one when the sky cleared up briefly and we had a glimpse of the celestial wonder – faintly. Our wish for going around this time was to see the northern lights. We spent our Thanksgiving week in Iceland.
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