How the decision to book a tour changed my life I was young once, I walked alone. I thought myself rich when I met another traveler. People’s joy is in other people. Hávamál Stanza 47 Fate was a powerful force in the lives of Iceland’s first settlers. Read any saga or Norse myth, and fate is a centerpiece in the lives of both people and the gods. Although governed by supernatural powers in Norse Mythology, fate was also believed to be altered by one’s decisions. Destiny was believed to be a thread spun, measured and cut by beings known as Nornir, and shaped through a series of events. Fate comes to mind when I think about my first group tour in Iceland. My love affair with Iceland began in 2021 during a solo trip around the country I had planned after my trip to Norway was canceled. I will never forget the feeling I had gazing out the window during a red-eye flight there. Thousands of stars glittered in the infinite night sky. At that moment, I knew this was destiny. I had no idea that the decision to visit Iceland would change my life, and embarking on a group tour would enrich it far more than I could have imagined. This is that story. The Best Souvenir Embark on a group tour and make a new friend It is a late August evening in the pristine nature reserve Þòrsmörk, a natural oasis rich with otherworldly landscapes and folklore. I am seated at a riverbank, watching the crimson sunset on the horizon. Joining me are twelve locals whom I had just met that morning as we embarked on the epic Fimmvörðuhals trek with our guide from Midgard Adventure. Fimmvörðuhals is a point-to-point hike that stretches twenty five kilometers from
How the decision to book a tour changed my life I was young once, I walked alone. I thought myself rich when I met another traveler. People’s joy is in other people. Hávamál Stanza 47 Fate was a powerful force in the lives of Iceland’s first settlers. Read any saga or Norse myth, and
