“Travel leaves you speechless, and makes you a storyteller.”   On Saturday Nov 24, 1973, a United States Navy Douglas Super DC-3 airplane was forced to land on Sólheimasandur’s black sand beach in the south of Iceland after experiencing some severe icing.  The crew survived, but the remnants of the plane remained…allowing us to have an otherworldly experience exploring it.       I remember finally stumbling upon the site and getting my first glimpse of the wreckage from the distance.  I had just walked about half an hour on a marked path with the cutest boy.  We had put some 70s music on and as we walked on the…

The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list for a while now.  And everything I read and researched and heard was, “If you want to see the Northern Lights, go to Iceland!” So I did.  And I figured, since Im going I might as well explore the country too.  I didn’t know anything about Iceland until I began researching.  Then, I got really excited! So what did I do? I rented a car and planned a road trip in the middle of winter during New Years, and it was amazing! Here are some highlights…          THE GAME PLAN!   GULFOSS WATERFALL   The hidden pool of…