After a frustrating wait, huge hopes and a little bit of stressing I find myself sitting in a night train to Helsinki. My month long adventure in an icy paradise is finally about to begin. I’m not really tired and at the moment – to fill in time – I let chill music play in my headphones, creating a soundtrack to this new exiting chapter of life’s wonders. It’s dark outside but my mind is full of joy (and energy from the super sour fruit sweets i’m constantly chewing..)
As I remembered from the times before, it’s not about cheap prices in trains’ dining cars, but for a moment I still spent drinking an evening tea at one of the tables. An older lady came to very kindly wish me a good early night and stopped to chat for a minute or two. She was almost as excited about my exotic destination than I am and made my day even a little bit better than it already has been, so here’s a shout out that she definitely deserves.
Tomorrow is still mainly traveling. To be honest I’m a little nervous about the practicalities, taking off abroad alone sure keeps your hands full. There’s still a bunch of things to get through before simmering down and diving into one of the world famous geysers in Reykjavik.
At the following weekend I hope to explore the city for a start, before my classes at a local school starts on Monday. If you ask me, there couldn’t be much more interesting place for a visual person to visit than this magical, fabled glacier. I’m thrilled to see what the next 30 days will bring and extremely happy with my choice to take part of this project in the first place!
Greetings from Alisa 