I arrived in Iceland on July 24th 2013, it started with a week in Reykjavík city on holiday. Then August 1st I arrived in Húsavík where the next two months would serve to be some of the most influential and memorable of my life. I can never thank North Sailing enough for the time we enjoyed up north. My love affair with Húsavík continues to this day and I still dream of returning as soon as I can. This was where I experienced my first of many species of cetacean and the northern lights. I will always remember the night when we all decided to go up to the local hot tub with a bunch of beers. As we soaked and drank the northern lights proceeded to burst over Skjálfandi bay. At that point it was clear life wouldn't get much better.
Then on October 1st I moved down to Reykjavík to continue my volunteer work for Elding, this continued through to December. And then in January Elding hired me as a guide for them. And if I have to thank anyone for everything I've achieved here it would have to be Elding.
Trying to list everything that has happened here would simply undersell it. All I can really do is enjoy the last 6 weeks of my time here in Iceland.
Leaving Iceland, well that'll be hard. But I guess its best to cross that bridge when it arrives.
But for now I'll say to my Húsavík girls; Ailie, Naomi, Charla, Tania, Dunja thank you for the G&Ts and more laughs than I would have thought possible.
And to Elding crew; Megan and Freydís who had the fantastic idea to hire me.
Soffia for sharing the duty of being a novice guide in the winter though after you dropped the mic into the sea the new one is pretty unreliable... grrr!
Linda, Dominik and Carine for being awesome housemates and great guides.
To my fellow volunteers during my research phase in Reykjavík; Loes you were a proper tea buddy who taught me some Dutch that has proved invaluable in impressing my favourite tourists, the Dutch! Megan B, you were the most adventurous person to ever grace this company and just so you know you'll find me in Vancouver Island as soon as I can trying to hug to Orca there!
Skál Ísland. Takk fyrir allt!
Here's to 6 more weeks.
Oh Jack! That month with you and the gals was, hands down, one of the most incredible times of my life. I still dream of going back, and I can't believe it's been a whole year! Miss you and the others. I miss the bay and the whales! I can still hear your screams of excitement, and smell the cups of tea and hear the constant laughter that the boats, the research institute, the cheese tubs and the house were constantly filled with. Have a G&T (or several!!) for me!! Miss you buddy!! Skal!! :) xoxo
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to believe we were only together for such a short period of time! The amount of memories from then is insane, it feels like we were together for a year and that it only ended only last week!
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