ICELAND - Blue Lagoon, Secret Waterfalls, the Golden Circle, eating rotten shark & MORE!

How's it going everybody? I'm Nikki Delventhal and this is my dog Camper Delventhal. We live in a 2006 Toyota Prius and we're here to take you along on the wild ride. But today we are changing it up a little bit. Since 2016 I've been working as a tour guide for a company called Travel for Teens, taking youth all over the world. And today we're taking you along for episode one of our epic road trip around Iceland. In case you missed the last few weeks, we dropped off our Prius home at my parents house. Camper booked himself a staycation at Grandma and Grandpa's. Then I went off to Greece to direct my first tour of the summer. It was an absolute blast and a huge success. Once the two-week tour was finished, I immediately hopped on the where I met with my new co-leader Lily. Lily, how you doing over there? Very lonely. Very lonely. A few hours later, we landed in my happy place. So excited. I'm so happy to be in the cold. I love the cold. Oh yeah. We grabbed some coffee. Iceland, here we come. And soon after, the students arrived. We quickly stopped at the hotel to settle in, have our first team meeting, and immediately headed to start our adventure to go soak in the world-famous Blue Lagoon. We geared up. I know. And went exploring Iceland's most famous and visited tourist site. The Blue Lagoon is huge, containing six million liters of geothermal seawater coming from 6,500 feet below the surface. The Blue Lagoon is an experience like no other and a blast when enjoyed with good company. Whee! Being known for its blue, milky waters surrounded by lava fields, it's not just a perfect photo op, but an unmatched relaxation destination with healing mineral waters averaging at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The experience is fully equipped with mineral masks. You want some contact mask? Fresh smoothies and beverages. I have the power. For me as well, please. You guys, this is amazing. That's the good stuff. Is that better? You just dunked my whole face and I'm pretty sure I didn't get any of it off. And even a waterfall to sit under. This is so cool. Not to mention the best shampoo and conditioner in all the land. We hopped back on the bus and hit the city, where we would learn about the area. That's why also the part of the Berlin wall is here. Do some sightseeing. Don't do that ever! Explore the streets and have our first traditional Icelandic cuisine and sample the famous Icelandic delicacy, fermented rotten shark. Oh god. Why did I smell it first? Why did I do that? Just eat it. Go Nikki! It's just really... I don't like that. Before we continue on our adventure, a quick note from our video sponsor and an app that I actively use no matter where I am, Friyay. I first found out about Friyay because I was stressing about staying organized. And I ended up loving it so much that I reached out to the founder and I am now partnering with them to offer you something amazing. Friyay is an all-in-one app. Some of the highlights and the ways that I use it are for saving and storing files. That's where I'll manage my calendar. I'll do my trip research. I'll make notes and goals. I'll start my projects. I can even chat with my team on there. There's video chat options. If you need it, they probably have it. But what's really cool is it's completely customizable and the way that their system is organized, it is to have a self-managing team. Let's be real. Who really likes a micromanager? Camper. Uh, I don't know what you're talking about, but did you check that task list I sent you? If you want a better way to save time, stay organized, or you just want a self-managed team, Friyay is 100% for you. All you have to do is go to friyay.io slash team dash Nikki and sign up. You will get one of a kind offers with discounts, special perks, and unmatched support in creating your perfect workspace. The next day we started our journey with Iceland's famous golden circle. Where we got our first taste of real Icelandic weather. Pouring rain and wind, but that did not stop us. There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Our first stop was Gullfoss waterfall. Fully equipped with a local traffic director and We marveled at the views, hydrated, and continued to our next stop on the golden circle, Strokkur geyser. Arriving just in time to watch the geyser erupt. Then we moved on to Thingvellir national park. So where we're driving right now, we got Europe on this side, we got North America back here. I like to refer to that as the continental mullet. Europe in the front, North America in the back. Business in the front, party in the back. The national park lies in a rift valley that marks the boundary between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Did you know each year the tectonic plates move apart at approximately 2.5 centimeters per year? The effect of this movement is very clear as you explore the park. A small group went to snorkel Silfra rift, while the rest of us explored the park more by foot. It was so cool to be able to explore two different continents at the exact same time. Fun fact, during the summer the sun only sets for three hours per day, meaning there's effectively light for the whole 24 hours. So we're just gonna skip sleeping and continue on with our adventure. Next up we began driving counterclockwise on Iceland's ring road, a road trip everyone needs to put on their bucket list. Today we had waterfalls on the menu. At our first waterfall we watched some local fly fishers and dodged some bird attacks on one of our camper's drones. And then made our way to Seljalandsfoss, a 60 meter waterfall. You can even see the beauty and the power of the falls from behind. These guys have been doing push-ups on the river for like an hour. Afterwards we took the campers to a secret waterfall in a canyon nearby. All right let's check it out. It was magical. On our way out we even got to see our first sight of the famous purebred Icelandic horses. Next we danced our way to Skógafoss falls, starting with the view from above. We made it into the clouds darlings. Skógafoss is one of the largest falls in Iceland and the cliffs you see here were once sea cliffs. Today the shoreline has traveled about five kilometers south of the falls. The beauty and power is unmatched. Stay tuned for next week's episode as we continue our road trip all around Iceland. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to like, subscribe, comment, share with your friends, and turn on notifications. Camper and I would be so thankful. And if you'd like to get all of our videos early access and during that time completely ad-free, join our Patreon for as low as one dollar a month. Have a great day. We love you all.