Pure Nature, a trip out of the Town (DAY 4 and 5)

The last two days we’ve teamed up with Franziska, Marco and Fabian to also get a look at the surrounding nature of Reykjavik. Earlier that week, they’ve hired an SUV in order to get to very remote places. One of the most abundant things in Iceland are big big cars, called SUV, but what looks quite strange and unnecessairy in the city proves ist right of existence in the outback. We’ve seen winding roads up the hills, gravel roads and we had to cross several rivers. It was fun!
But we’ve never lost touch with our main question, so in these last two days we looked at the direct use of energy. We’ve seen some impressive thermal plants witch were like UFOs out in the landscepe and some small settlements. But the main thing on the first day was to cook on a volcano (his was the idea and the project of the other group), and to enjoy a spezial phenomenon, a bath in a hot river. So we went to Reykjatalen (smoking valley) where we could do both of our projects within a small distance. After a two hous of hiking with an abundance of mud (every surface was pure MUD because of the rising temperatures), we found the perfect nature-built kitchen and we cooked spahettis, sausages and we’ve tried (but failed) to make a cake. Due to the 80°C water temperature it was a slow cooking process. But witch the slight taste of sulfur everything seems to taste better. After proofing that the direct use of Icelands hot water energy, we did what Icelanders do best: we took a bath! The steaming hot river was just a five minute walk away and so we didn’t waste any time to get there, but getting out of the perfectly temperated water was a thing we weren’t able to imagine. So we made no effort to get out of the water untill sunset. I have to say that the river and the surrounding nature (most of it MOSS) were incredible. It was an experience i’m glad i’ve made it.
After changing into almost dry clothes and half frozen to death (due to the wind), we got on our way home. Everything was coverred into the pale light of the dawn and looked beautyfull!