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Naturally with my lack of sleep over the last week my wake up call from Rachel came 15 minutes earlier because Dive.is was picking us up from the hotel between 8-8:30 so we had to be ready. Approximately 8:15 we were picked up by Kevin (from Ireland) and Stephen (from Germany). When they picked us up, a girl by the name of Mikala (also from Germany) was already in the van. We then picked up two more guys who were going to be diving. The one kid Edgar had 16 dives already under his belt, impressive! The ride to Þingvellir National Park was about 45 minutes-1 hour. I'm not quite sure because I was falling asleep, yet again. I forgot to mention the kid Stephen was driving the van and I'm not joking when I tell ... read more

For part two of today's funstivities (yes, I made that up) we went to the world famous Blue Lagoon, home of the Chase credit card commercial! It would seriously awesome. Once we arrived after the 45 minute drive from our hotel we enter the locker rooms and get out our bathing suits and headed over to the shower. Rachel led me to believe that I was going to have to shower naked before enter the Blue Lagoon, along with everyone else entering, in a community shower. Thankfully that had stalled showers, a couple of which had doors. That just would have been uncomfortable for reasons I don't need to mention on here. Anyway, the temperature outside was probably 50-55 today and we just had to shower plus the addition of 20 MPH wind gusts... yeah it ... read more

Man my arms are tired after flying all night (cue clapping sound affects). If you hadn't already read Rachel's blog then you don't know that we arrived in Reykjavik around 9:40 AM (5:40 AM back home). Our flight had some minor turbulence and two major pain in the asses but overall a decent flight. Let me start off by saying I usually fall asleep on a plane with ease. Ten minutes into any flight you can usually find me face-planted on the seat tray in front of me, as dirty as that may be. Well... WELL NOT THIS FLIGHT! The lady in front of me reclined maximum reclinage! I'm sorry but reclining on a plane should be outlawed. It's common courtesy that if someone is sitting behind you, you are absolutely NOT entitled to recline! Anyway, ... read more

It's 12:30 on Friday morning and I'm FINALLY done packing (or so I think). Right now my suitcase is clocking in at a whopping 43.6 pounds which is ridiculously high for me. If I were going to the Caribbean on Saturday instead of Iceland I'd have a pair of shorts, two shirts and a bathing suit. The thing about Iceland is the weather is tricky. I have to pack for rain, cold weather and semi-warm weather (60 degrees is shorts weather for me). I'm really excited for this trip and in less than 48 hours I will be on a plane to Iceland. People are always asking me at work, "who goes to Iceland" and the answer to that is me (and Rachel). I don't know anyone else who has been to Iceland which is what's ... read more