On Top Of The World

19 days ago

Today I got a comment from my dear friend @creativemary, that made me think of how true what she said is.

I think that going back will be the hardest part of the travel because once you go to paradise...who would want to go back:)) source

She's 100% right, I know that from experience. Whenever I go abroad, to visit a nice place, returning home is bitter sweat. Leaving those places is difficult, but at least you remain with the nice memories and plan your next visit.

Today I'd like to show you some amazing places that right now would cure me of all problems I am facing. I'm not sick, don't get me wrong, but every human being needs a break and a paradise-like place can rebalance you pretty fast.

Breiðdalsvík

Breiðdalsvík is a fishing town in Iceland and the place the lady is sitting on the photo I would call the top of the wold. When I first saw the photo, my only wish was it could be me sitting in that place. Unfortunately my biggest enemy made sure to ruin the photo, but if you make an effort, you can see the beauty of the place.

I'm not totally new to such scenes. Once, many years ago I had the chance to be at the top of a mountain at a very early hour, when the sun started to rise and had the pleasure to see the whole valley covered in fog and sunshine at the top of the mountain. I can assure you, it's a priceless experience and truly hope everyone can go through it at least once. There was another case, I think ten years ago or so, when I woke up to such a scene, but that wasn't so high up. Nonetheless, the experience was just as lovely as the first one. When you go back to the busy, noisy and dusty city life, you appreciate these moments even more. This is why I could sit there all day, doing nothing, just listening to the silence and enjoying the view.

Vestrahorn

Vestrahorn is a mountain in south-east Iceland, noted for its two distinctive peaks and proximity to the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon and East Fjords. source

This is another place I would gladly visit. Look at how the light is coming though the clouds and shines all over the place. It's not a very frequented place, you can see the sand has very few footprints or marks and the wind had time to create some interesting patterns on the surface of the sand. This was one of my favorite photos and congrats to Zsolt Timár for these amazing photos! He's the photographer by the way.

Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers. The glacial front is now about 8 km (5.0 mi) away from the ocean's edge and the lake covers an area of about 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). In 2009 it was reported to be the deepest lake in Iceland, at over 284 m (932 ft), as glacial retreat extended its boundaries. The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s. source

Look at the colors and the light! The reflections of the glacier on the surface of the water. It must be a unique experience to see this beauty live.

Not long ago I was telling you in one of my blog posts, that winter is not what it used to be and that we rarely get to see snow, let alone low temperatures as -20°C or even lower.

Iceland is a different matter as winter is winter there, not a cold spring like we're having here during winter, but as you can see, glaciers are melting, which means temperatures are rising there as well.

This has nothing to do with the photos, but it made me smile for sure. While writing the title of the photos, which are all places where the photos were taken, was thinking of the similarities between the Icelandic language and Hungarian.

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From difficulty point of view, both languages are placed in the 4th category, which is a high difficulty level. However, Hungarian is marked with asterisks, meaning is more difficult than the other languages, along with another few. The funny thing is, the Hungarian alphabet has quite a few common letters with Icelandic, vowels such as á, é, í, ó, ö, and I thought maybe learning Icelandic would be easier for me. So I listened to how you pronounce Jökulsárlón for example, a word which is perfectly pronounceable for a Hungarian and surprise, surprise. It's not quite the same. So even though I can pronounce it, or at least I have the impression I could, I would still need to make a few adjustments, to do it right. Now imagine those who doesn't have these vowels in their vocabulary 😂 I don't want to, better not.

Sommarøy

Sommarøy is an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. The 0.34-square-kilometre (84-acre) village has a population (2017) of 321 which gives the village a population density of 991 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,570/sq mi). source

This was another nice photo of a lovely place. As you already know, you can buy me with any blue-green combination, especially if it comes to nature photos. You can visit the place as it's a popular tourist attraction ad it has white sand beaches. Now most of you would think if it has white sand beaches, it's the perfect place for summer vacation, bathing, sipping cocktails under nice, colorful umbrellas and all that comes with it. Well, it's nothing like that. The highest temperature is in July and August and it's 14°C.

This exhibition showed a part of the world that maybe is less known to us, because these places are not the typical, hyped tourist destinations and that's the beauty of them. I would rather visit these places that some crowded beach with loud music. How about you?

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39 comments

@sunscape 72

19 days ago

I love all the not-so-touristy destinations, those are the best vacation getaways ever! When feeling out of sorts and not my best, I often envision being in a faraway destination and relaxing in the imagination. It works wonders for the soul.

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