Therefore, we had to hurry up a little bit in our way to the glacier. We watched two waterfalls in our first hour walking, Hundafoss (where dogs were washed a long time ago) and Magnusarfoss. A bit further we found Svartifoss, an amazing waterfall surrounded by basaltic stones. I felt there like in a natural amphiteather. Well, to be honest, I felt a little bit like Gollum... Again, Iceland surprised us with a beautiful waterfall, somehow different to the others we had visited but similar in beauty.
We started then to walk towards the glacier. We discarded climbing on top of Kristínartindar, with its two twin peaks, because it seemed to hard and difficult. So we walked through a forest of birches, so dense that sometimes it was difficult to walk, to the glacier. Suddenly, at a certain point, the forest disappeared and we were left alone with the wind coming from the glacier. I have never faced such a strong wind in my life: I could lean against it and did not fall. It was quite hard for me to reach the glacier (thanks Sonia), but finally, we arrived there. It was extremely windy and cold down there, but the landscape is difficult to forget. We were just alone in the middle of a glacier, where nature rules and where we were insignificant to the glacier.
It was a bit late, so we hurried up in our way back to the main campsite in Skaftafell National Park. We arrived and got up the car immediately, since it was getting late...After one hour driving and against my opinion, I have to admit, we stopped in the most amazing place I have ever been to. It is called Jökulsárlón and it is a place where a glacier meets a lake and the ocean. The icebergs down there are really breathtaking (see the different tones of blue) and we regretted not to have arranged a tour in advance, because it is worth of it. Besides, it seems that this place appears in some films, one of them of James Bond.
We also had some problems while in Jökulsárlón, since it started raining cats and dogs and we got wet. Especially, my trousers showed me that they were fashionable but not very appropriate with rainy conditions and I had to take them out in the backseat of the car and use the pyjama, just like Superman, je, je, je.One hour later, I took some trousers from my suitcase and I started driving to Berunes, where we had to sleep that night. It was not a very nice trip: it was dark, it was raining, it was very windy, we were driving very close to the ocean, the road was not always paved, we were late,... In the end, we arrived to our destination (our host was waiting for us with a smile in his face, I strongly recommend this place), had dinner in a hurry and went to sleep also in a hurry. The next day was going to be a very busy day, but not in the way we had planned...
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