Good Friday morning :) It's been crazy days lately for both Edu & me, we've been working a lot, and yesterday I had my driving test and I PASSED it, from the first time!!! How crazy it that, I'm still over the moon and cannot WAIT to hit the roads again =) 

Here's a little cheer-up to those of you who cannot wait for the weekend and who miss the sunshine... Last weekend my handsome boyfriend has treated me with a one-night stay in Abama hotel (website), and I was so happy to be able to document most of it on our new little waterproof cam!!!

Here're some photos too ;) 

Our room and the most fantastic terrace with the views on La Gomera, pool (one of nine))), and the hotel territory:

As you can see, we've started celebrating right at the lobby., lol.. Celebrating what? The weekend, good vibes, happiness, present moment in life and the luck of being able to live on this beautiful island... cava and beers seemed like the best fit ;) 

And below you can check out the video compilation I did during the last couple of days, too! Hope you'll like it - it's my first attempt of such editing, ever =) 

Hope you enjoyed watching it! I know there's still a lot to work on, and it's silly and very amateur but for us it's another good memory first of all, and I just wanted to share some nice, positive vibes with you guys :) 

That's all for now! 

Wishing you all GREAT weekend, full of love and warmth! xxx

And SPORT ;D

Hola :) This post is going to be about visiting Thingvellir tectonic plates, walking around Skaftafell icebergs & volcanic landcsapes of Vatnajokull National Park, drinking prosecco in Secret Lagoon SPA thermals and getting soaked behind Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Just a normal day in Iceland ;)

Basically, Thingvellir is not only a famous National park that attracts thousands of tourists each year from around the world, but also a part of the World heritage list under UNESCO protection since 2004. You can (and should!) read more about its history in English here: https://www.thingvellir.is/en/history/

For those who want to explore more there's an option of diving between the plates, where you can literally touch two continents with your own hands. It's called Silfra Crack, and it's truly spectacular as you can see on some videos on the web (we didn't dare to go diving as couldn't even think of taking off clothes for a second!..). One of such videos I'm posting below (and the direct link is: https://vimeo.com/42794722):

And below is the path to the diving point:

Some ppl aren't much impressed with the surrounding beauty it seems..

And we continue direction The Great Geysir (map) with a lunch break in a super picturesque place that had a hotel, campsite, lake, open pools and thermals:

... and some happy fluffy sheep (will be more about it in the next post! ;)

Change of seasons within 10-15 mins time :)

And we keep driving further on to the geySir :)

Here it is!

About 3-6 seconds of a dropped down jaw - and then quiet again.. 

A little bridge built as a part of a test where Icelanders trying out different materials for new paths around geysir. It's smart how they tend to use whatever the nature offers, without actually intervening / destroying it completely (so as hot springs power, aluminium and even solar panels - in such a cold place like Iceland yet they somehow make it work!!. )

Next stop: Gullfoss waterfall around the Iceland' Golden circle :) Map how to get there: https://goo.gl/maps/SEAxMQyPhgs

See those tiny people on the left? That's gonna be us in a minute.

But was worth getting completely soaked & cold (check our red noses)) for a first time as we saw this beautiful waterfall from another point of view (above and below).

..Wet and happy (please excuse my 'French')), we kept driving further up to Vatnajokull National park and it's campsite to get hot showers and a shelter for the night. This is the road to the campsite, snapped on an iPhone 6 Plus as when it comes to not miss out, sometimes it's more handy to use your smartphone rather than finding all those big cams & telephoto lenses in a camper van's mess.. 

The map of the campsite and Skaftafell visitor's centre (click on the image to be redirected to the website). Personally I liked this campsite most of all: it was new &modern, always clean, huge and therefore never crowded <3 

Unfortunately, no photos of the campsite as I was too busy running around the campsite happily using it's superb facilities, and jumping into puddles in my fancy-trendy Guess rubber boots, kindly provided by Olga (SPASIBO tebe so much darling, YOU SAVED ME <3 ))))

Next 'good' morning view through the window... We decided to wait till next summer  till the nasty rain / snow / hail are over, and headed out to the glacier and glacial lakes (more here: https://www.vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is/en/areas/hornafjordur )..

Impressive, isn't it?? It was truly beautiful. So beautiful that, despite my protests, this brave guy decided to have a short swim in the lake, but thanks G-d only has gone one foot deep. He misses Himalayas a lot.. =)

After leaving the campsite, we decided to immerse ourselves - for a first time! - in the famous hot springs of Iceland. This 'Secret Lagoon' (website) was the closest on the way, so we went straight there. It was simply incredible. 

... especially with a glass of yummy prosecco! And let the world wait, and not such thing as bad weather is anymore important.. =)

But the road is calling, so good bye magical lagoon and we hope to see you again one day..

Btw, let me show you guys our van!! :) 

(and The most amazing driver <3 )

Another waterfall on the way (same old same good road #1 ):

This waterfall (called 'Seljalandsfoss' ) looked too majestic to be missed, so we decided to stop and take some pictures. Here's the map how to get there:

We weren't so prepared as those ones with orange-pinky raincoats, so of course we got soaked again as curiosity took over common sense, and we went straight behind / underneath that waterfall... :))

We just love getting wet in the coldness you know..) But honestly, zero regrets, was absolutely worth it: after all, how often you get to stand underneath a waterfall ?!.

And the road leads us further, to more landscapes, from cliffs to waterfalls, from rain to sunshine.

Another stop at yet another natural beauty: Reynisfjara Beach with its 'dangerous sneaker waves' (or flipflop waves, as we kept calling them afterwards.. hehe). Map here: 

Make sure you pay a visit to this place as it's really beautiful (we've got quite used to all that beauty by now actually)))). Had no idea there was a restaurant and a whole town behind those cliffs though... =) But the town (it's called Vik) we have still somehow discovered. 

Be original! Take photos using a tripod, for example =) 

When the living is easy =) 

And with this sunset picture of our already beloved Road #1  I'm finishing this post. Next icelandic one will be about fjords, more waterfalls & glaciers, caves, horses, thermals - and finally Reykjavik! Don't forget to check more pics & videos in the IG stories here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17865172999301896/

Hope you have a fantastic weekend ;) We're planning a small getaway to the south of Tenerife - more of it to be posted here soon xxx

Peace and Love guys!! 

Good Morning :) As promised, here's the first part of our Icelandic travel that we did with Edu a few days ago. It is truly a unique kind of a trip that you will never forget, because places like Iceland simply disappear from our planet...  

That's where any journey really starts: airport cafes and late night beers =)  Here in Madrid having Mahou's with sandwiches, and feeling excited about the upcoming trip!!

Our first night at Gata camping was.. errr, a bit out of order as I've never slept in a sleeping bag before (as opposite to Edu who's been twice to Himalayas, for instance..), and it was SOOOO freezing that I couldn't even imagine using provided blanket by our camper van's company, sleeping bag felt like the only option!! Before we've found the campsite it was a lot of driving in the night at 2-4am, in the middle of nowhere with NOTHING to see around apart from, well, Aurora Borealis (ok, that's a nice compensation for our crazy tiredness after 10h flights & an absence of street lighting along Iceland mains roads..)). So as soon as we woke up at 6.30am, we went straight for coffees and breakfast hunting! The only thing we didn't take into consideration was that it's Sunday, and icelanders do not work Sundays before 11am-12pm so it turned out to be a real hunt, lol. The landscapes we saw on our way though were very nice... 

Finally got our breakfast at a local cafeteria in Hveragerði (their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Almar-Bakari-122747403402/) !! You can see Edu's face below, when he converted the prices from Icelandic krones to Euros (100 ISK equals 1 Eur as per September 2018)... =D

Then we went by the 'Eyrarbakkavegur' (or road 34 - easier this way!)) by the South coast direction 'Vatnajökull National Park' (link here)  and simply kept stopping by interesting locations / views. 

Our Peugeot camper van =)

Bridge between 'Þorlákshöfn' and 'Eyrarbakki' on same road 34 ;)

And beautiful Selfoss town (Selfoss church above from the bridge over Ölfusá river), now we're on the road #1 

Rainbows are not a rare sight in Iceland, due to it's crazy weather mixed of rains, sunshine, snow and hail.. sometimes all at once 

Clouds change within 10-ish mins.. 

Wanted to stop here to take photos of this little lake and symmetrically planted trees (below) alongside the road:

Then I saw these fluffy babies growing just off the road 

And cotton plants (above)

And then there was rain and snow literally within 5 minutes!.

We froze after being outside only about 10 mins in total, so decided to have hot instant soups and finally used our little compact gas stove! Yummmm =)

Then we just kept on driving, the landscapes kept changing... so as weather, views, our mood and emotions while seeing all that incredible beauty!.. Somewhere we stopped, some places we couldn't due to absence of a road 'pocket' or approaching night. The latter meant we'd need to be looking for campsites in the dark, so we just had to go without stopping, and hoped that our cameras would capture at least small part of the beauty we might never see again or come back to... 

That's it for now! All of the above photos were taken during 3 days in general; next post will be about my favorite campsite and 'Vatnajökull National Park' :)

Good day/night for now xxx

Hello guys!!! We are back from our trip to ... ICELAND, as some of you could've guessed already by following me on Instagram, - and it was a real adventure! We're not just tired, - destroyed!! And have lots of things to do that cannot wait, so the photos will follow little by little (hope you're looking forward because we've got tons of them!! hehe). 

Our cats were super happy to see us after having different people looking after them for more than a week, and all we want to do right this moment is to cuddle up with them on a sofa and watch 'Secret life of Walter Mitty' ... Then will be work, life, daily routine, but right now it just feels sooooo good to be back HOME again <3 

Hello!! It's packing time again =D Can you guess where is our next trip is going to be to?? If not - stay tuned here and / or on my Instagram feed, I'll definitely let you know ;) xxx

Good Saturday morning! :) Wow, it's been SO hot these last few days because of calima, you cannot imagine (unless you live in the south of Tenerife or any other Canary island, of course, - then you know what I'm talking about!)), it's only today that I can see this nasty sand storm from Sahara is finally going away!.. 

Edu's in Madrid this weekend and I had jobs to do hence couldn't come along.., so now I'm finally free and happy to blog a little :) These photos were taken when Edu's family was visiting a couple of days ago, and one of those days we went up to Tahodio valley for hiking, with Edu and his brother Nacho (he's a fantastic photographer btw, check out his works here: https://nachoacaso.com/ ). 

We woke up super early and went up with Edu's car, then hiked to this point with amazing views over Santa Cruz, and the sun was just going up, so all was lit in a nice, warm color with a bit of a haze. Thank G-d we had coffee with us, otherwise would've been much more blurriness in the pics :)))

Then we decided to keep on going up following the sun, and went into Tahodio village overlooking the lake, valley of Tahodio and Anaga park. That was so beautiful!..

Hello guys! Monday's here, we're busy planning the week and our trip ahead, and meantime as promised, here're some pics from our walk yesterday around Los Campitos in Santa Cruz where we live now! It's the highest point of the city, so you can imagine the views are spectacular, and we're surrounded by the mountains connected with the green (and quite cold in winter time!!)) Anaga natural reserve.   

The area where we started our walk has some sport activities including football field and tennis court (which is inside you, according to above! hehe), and it's overall super easy to walk. You won't need any special equipment or guidance except, maybe, some comfy shoes (I only had my fav Salomon trainers for trekking / running trails and nothing else special clothes or equipment wise..). 

When we started, it was more or less sunny and warm, but within minutes it's changed to clouds, and by the time when we were leaving, it was drizzling rain. Unbelievable weather here. 

Exploring the hidden parts of the mountains. We wanted to check that tunnel but in the end decided that we were fiiiiine, lol, - maybe we'll come back another day, when it's long enough before sunset!! :)