Fears fulfilled...

Yes, it is here...oh so hoped to never appear but it came in full force today! The seasickness!!

Today, at least according to the weather forecast, was supposed to a light wind, maybe no wind at all. But what did come today was the swell...as a myriam so nicely put it, the breath of the ocean! They are far more stable and directional than normal waves. And they are very constant..a constant rollercoaster that my stomach did not appreciate one bit! So I spent 2 1/2 hours of the 3h trip at the back of the boat, trying to survive!

So when we finally arrived back the only thing I managed to do was crawl into bed and stay there for about 2h until I felt half human again! Even now, over 10 hours later, I still feel the waves and my body seems to be bobbing up and down.

However, yesterday I had a fabulous day! WISP (aka the whale in sight project crew) came over in the afternoon as I was supposed to meet up with one of the people, who is in charge of the logbooks (in the end he was not even in reykjavik, but on a tour..). Fredrik and the others were supposed to arrive sometime in the morning, but did not arrive until midday, as once again the car broke down (this has been the 2nd time in about 2 days!) on the way from Keflavik. So yes, they had quite a stressful morning, trying to get the car to a garage or at least off the road as it was standing right behind the corner of a roundabout! not the best place to stay apparently!
In the end they managed to push/tow the car to the next petrol station and themselves got a bus into Reykjavik (which costs around 20 euros return, for a 45min drive each way!). When they finally arrived, exhausted and slightly frustrated, we got a drive from Dagny (who works in the office of the company) to the mall as I needed to get an icelandic sim-card. After it had rained pretty much all morning, it was a lovely surprise that as soon as we stepped out of the mall to walk back to the boat, the clouds parted and the sun shone upon us! Fortunes turned and we had a lovely day, walking through reykjavik, looking at the famous church (which btw is absolutely beautiful, outside and inside), and walking through the little alleyways! absolutely stunning is all i can say. And it was the perfect weather too, not too cold, not too warm, a little bit windy..all together a absolutely wonderful outing!

So even though today was not the best of days, fond memories of yesterday kept me going and I am looking forward to another trip tomorrow! Because it is officially going to be very windy tomorrw, all us 5 WISP crew members are heading to the south-east to a glacial lagoon! that means about 10 hours bus ride but apparently its worth it!

So eventful days is all I can say!

Cheers until I have done my first iceland trip!