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Location: Reykjavik
In writing this, I have already made fun of Rai and will now copy her opening to spite her. Kai here. Anyway, as the title describes, we had another fantastic TRAVEL DAY! Which involved us waking up at 6:30 in the morning… Luckily, we had the special treat of stopping at our final waterfall, the Waterfall of the Gods. The unique name comes from when the Icelandic people decided they were better off just being mostly Christian and thought the best course of action was taking old statues of Norse gods such as Thor and Odin and throwing them into the waterfall. I think I could name easier ways to curse a river than destroying statues dedicated to the people they used to worship… Well, obviously, the gods didn’t care much, seeing as the most “cursed” thing I noticed was how cold the water was and some poor kid ball which somehow got stuck behind one of the waterfalls, forever to try to leave before being pushed back in by the water or currents; honestly seems quite petty of the gods but who am I to say how they take out their wrath. While we did stop at a multitude of rest stops, I completely forgot I was writing the blog; I suppose ActionQuest made it more obvious with the whole spinning chore wheel, which I would also forget to look at. Well, I am grasping at straws here, but I will now describe to you the good people who want to hear how your children are doing, the hotdog I ate at some point during the drive, which the time will not be named because I didn’t look at my watch. The name of it, a Cheddar and Chipotle hotdog, when Kyle and I asked the worker if there was cheese on it because the picture was inconclusive, no… the CHEDDAR and chipotle hotdog did not in fact have cheddar on it, my bad for thinking otherwise. During our amazing drive, we had the pleasure of driving through not only one but two tunnels! One of which is the longest tunnel in _______! For the record, I’d like to keep that blank for comedic effect because it is either Iceland, Europe, or the world. Please google search that now and answer the question for me.
Well, most of the drive was me either sleeping, listening to music, or bothering the closest person to me (which was mostly Olivia), so I won’t bore you with that. Skipping to the rest of the day, I noticed that the buildings looked larger, and there were more than a few homes, so I assumed we were back in Reykjavik. Obviously, it was a good guess, considering moments later, we arrived at the hostel. Now, on to all of the trivial stuff: settling in, retrieving phones, making beds, etc. Luckily, we arrived on time and were able to spend another two and a half hours at the pools we visited during the day. Who knows because the passage of time means nothing to me on trips like these. Anyway, a ton of going down a water slide, relaxing, talking, and boiling alive in 44-degree Celsius water, and everyone was ready for food. I realize I summed up a large portion of the day in a single sentence, so I will now try to go more in-depth. During the slides, I believe I terrified Roman three times as I was capable of going at extreme speeds on the water slide, and he did not enjoy looking behind him to see me barreling toward him. Grisha created a new routine of staying in 44-degree water for three minutes, moving to 10.5-degree water for three minutes, and then spending as long as he wanted in the steam room; he called it relaxing… I will stick to the 42-degree water, which, for some reason, feels a lot less than the tub two degrees higher. Oh, and also, I spend a good while harassing my Cousin Issy by splashing just enough water to be annoying at her every so often; I’m sure you’ll get an earful about that later, Beth, my bad. For dinner it was the wonderful meal of Dominos pizza, I managed to down four slices and am just now realizing I didn’t eat lunch… Anyway, now I’ve reached the part I’m writing this, so I’ll just say I was able to buy an entire cake for three dollars and will now probably consume the whole thing with the help of Nick and Issy. You can stop reading now.