so most of the pictures from today will be uploaded later.
anyhow.
I saw some geysirs today. Then I ate lunch on a mountaintop and met two cool british professors. We found this waterfall and explored where the american tectonic plate and the eurasian tectonic plate diverge. pretty cool stuff. We also got to see gulfoss waterfall.
expect pictures bc rad.
also. got some bomb as doughnuts at this icelandic bakery. and then, hit up a hamburger shop called "the burger joint." shshshshshshshsh
aiiiight. so photos not of the golden circle taken afterwords- just hangin in reykjavik.
some flowers
selfie in this enormous church in reykjavik
statue in front of said church
american food praise it
or blaze it
shshshshshsh
also they have horses out where we are staying so that's pretty cool. this one has swag.
So posting yesterday didn't really work out. Hashtag the blue screen of death.
So. This is TUESDAY's post.
Basically I swam a mile, went down some waterslides, played in a wave pool and then went to the blue lagoon.
The blue lagoon is ranked one of national geographics 25 wonders of the world and yea.
pretty rad place. check it out if you have the inclination. I'll mebbe post a photo later. I don't have photos on hand.
also. check out these videos that one of my dad's students, chase made of the iceland adventure:
anyhow. enjoy. I joined the adventure late so I didn't join them for all of that. but yeeeeeeeee check those waterslides- went down them holla.
//edit- since seen the majority of them things pictured in videos yeeeeee//
oh and then after that, I rode into another unpronounceable town with my dad's student, Adam. We went slacklining and then got some more ice cream bc ball is life son, ball is life.
s/o to greg for letting me bring the webbing
adams first solid walk on a slackline- gloriously captured
gummy bears and vanilla, don't try this at home kids.
see those ducks. they were brave. they were stupid. they crossed the street.
alright so I rode about 35 miles or so all around reykjavik today on bike. it was pretty great.
some highlights:
-waterslides
-doughnuts
-flowers
-the ocean
-walking into random churches and checking out architecture
- riding down random hills
I made video logs throughout. here's the abridged version:
uh. please excuse these. the original videos did have my entire face in them not just unflattering angles of my lower face... but in formatting for video... uh. anyhow. enjoy. also this video was automatically generated so... yea.
oh and it's windy so you prolly can't hear everything I said so yea. if you have any questions hmu lol.
if you would like the full version you can order it on vimeo on demand for $9.99 or just click here
so in a ridiculous turn of events, I went from part time manual laborer to adventurer. mum texted me all "hey you want to come to iceland? we found an uber cheap flight see you tomorrow" and push came to shove and now i'm in iceland.
this blog is so that I can sum up all the good stuff and have a more accessible log of my experience. And maybe grandma or your pet gerbil will follow along--for some good times and also some examples of Tim white girling hard in a foreign country.
-so the bathrooms are really cool here like they are straight out of a futuristic ikea thing
-the light switches go down to turn on rather than up
-it doesn't get dark till... it doesn't really get dark
-they have this really great yoghurt stuff called skyr and it's a non-newtonian fluid so it's really fun to play with food anyhow
-they have really great hot dogs here
-and dude all in all iceland is friggin sick homie it all feels surreal
I ACTUALLY WENT TO A VEGAN/PALEO/RAW FOOD HIPPY ORGANIC GRANOLA HIPSTER RESTAURANT AND...
it was straight up delish.
alright. Now here's some photos.
straightaway pretty much I found this duckling named charles and he is a good duckling
they put all kinds of crazy stuff on these lamb hot dogs and call it traditional and it's really good
we got up on top of this unpronounceable cathedral and here's a picture over reykjavik, out there in the back is the peninsula where we are staying.
my super healthy meal that actually was really good. Holla AJ look. Oh and that thing is a chicken wrap... it was like chicken, and spinach and some fancy sauces.
"eye brow game on fleek"
"please buddha, you're so basic"
finger man strikes again
our friend oliver showing us the straight up greatest ice cream thing ever
white girls
it's called "tasty fox" and they take toppings and blend them into the ice cream and it's really good. Also a thing to do is to combine black licorice with chocolate. it's good.
higher definition glory of that shot i threw up on instagram. aka the midnight sun. It's pretty crazy and so beautiful and so quiet and just gorgeous here.
so I read this really interesting quote the other day only I can't quite remember who said it.
Anyhow, it goes something like this:
"When faced with the choice between being cruel or being kind, choose kind. You can always be cruel later."
and yo, I really like that quote.
cause like you can always just not, later. but you can't go back in time and undo or do something. it's a style of living that brings us away from that most horrible idea "if only"
like you can always decide to be unhealthy later, but you can't go back in time and undo that you decided to be unhealthy.
I think it's important to bring the attention back to the fact that we're choosing our fates and like if we realize we're gonna be looking back on this moment we can make hard good decisions.
cause like this is life, man. :D
I saw some dope christmas lights today.
Thank you. like YOU. yes, YOU. Thank you for being alive and breathing and like being cool. :) I just feel so blessed to be surrounded by humans with hopes and dreams and like your humanity opens my world and improves life. And I'm thankful for that yo.
