Geysers are bonkers...

These little hot springs are just so mystifying.

The previous time I saw the geysers in Iceland, it was snowing very hard, it was very cold and very windy, and the great explosion evaporated immediately upon blast-off. This time, it couldn't be more different!

The geysers seemed to be eternally deep and the colors were absolutely beautiful. 

Like last time, catching Strokkur mid-explosion is a little bit tricky. It is significantly easier to catch it in the summer than it is in the winter, though. In winter, it's so cold out, the water just immediately evaporates post-boom.

When you're walking around the park in the summer, every so often you'll get a slight mist one or two geysers over from the explosion.

If you're in Iceland and doing the Golden Circle, I definitely recommend stopping at the Geysers! It certainly won't be the quickest stop you make all day, but 

Reykjavik, Iceland: The Golden Circle

...or at least half of it.

By the time we made it to our trip around The Golden Circle - a popular path for tourists to see some of the incredible landmarks Iceland has to osffer - we had already visited The Blue Lagoon. So we saved the bottom half of the journey, as it can be somewhat treacherous in the winter months.

To be honest, there were several points throughout our journey that are thinking may have been better (not to mention safer) had we explored it in the summer. The majority of the trip looked like a frozen tundra; it was such a surreal experience.

I know that I've already mentioned that our trip to Blue Lagoon was totally one of my favorite parts of the trip, but I would probably classify this as my second favorite. FUZZY. HORSES.

Fuzzy, friendly, sweet little babies.

We found these friends on the side of the road. We just pulled over and they came right on over! As it turns out, they love being pet and they give nice, friendly little gummy kisses on your jacket sleeves.

Talk about some warm fuzzies in a frozen tundra!

We now continue our journey... to the geyser! As soon as we arrived to the great Geysir, the snow started a'blowin'. The icy and rough walk with the steamy atmosphere was an interesting juxtaposition. This site was another great example of why they call Iceland the land of fire and ice.

I tried my hardest to get a good picture of the geyser mid-explosion, but it happens quick and evaporates pretty much immediately in the freezing temperatures.

The site that I was especially excited for on our journey was the great waterfall, Gullfoss! I spent actual months looking forward to this waterfall.

If we thought that it was blustery and stormy at the geyser, the storm at Gullfoss was made that one look like a sprinkle of flakes!

As such, it was pretty hard to get a good picture. Believe me when I say, though, that it was a breathtaking view.

We do love the snow! I am, however, hoping that someday I can return to Iceland in warmer, sunnier weather to see the same sites.

Blue lagoon aside, this adventure was one of the most memorable events of my life that I will be taking from Iceland!