A view from a window half way through the day, because it's snowing out there.
Inge picked us up promptly at 9am for more adventuring, first stop was Banrafoss. Where we saw some of the thermal waters bubbling to the surface. It's so unusual as an Aussie, used to arid conditions and water conservation even if we're not in draught, to see the absolute abundance of water.
We went for a lovely little walk in the gently falling snow so view this pretty area.
scenery everywhere you look. scenery to.die.for
We did some more scary driving in blizzard conditions back to the glacier from yesterday.
To this.
A tunnel underneath the glacier (thanks for the photo Tony).
We ski-doo'd over it yesterday and this time we were going for a walk underneath the glacier through an ice tunnel. I'll admit to being a bit nervous about 'tunnel' and 'underneath' as I have a bit of a problem with claustrophobia but I did a lot of stern self talking (and squeezed tightly on MGM's hand) and it.was.amazing! A bit like when we stayed in the Ice Hotel in Norway except this was not man-made, just man-drilled - took them 2 years.
yikes, right?
here we go! At least it's warmer down here, -6° outside/0° inside.
got my crampons on - spikey shoes so i can walk on the ice.
we walked through compressed snow and then down into the actual frozen glacier.
our very knowledgeable guide gave us lots of info and an impromptu solo in the chapel to demonstrate the acoustics.
We drove back to town and had an extremely delicious dinner in the basement of a local restaurant (because the rest of the place was booked solid) before retiring for a very very much needed sleep.
It was another amazing day in this land of amazing.
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