Vulkan! / Volcano!

Da jeg kom til Island fik jeg at vide at vulkanen ved Grindavik snart ville gå i udbrud igen. Dagene gik, og der skete absolut ingenting på vulkanfronten! Før den sidste aften, altså, hvor min venindes søns kæreste kom hjem kl. 22 og spurgte om vi havde set nyheder? For vulkanen var aktiv igen! 

When I got to Iceland, I was told that the volcano at Grindavik would erupt again soon. The days went by, and absolutely nothing happened, volcano-wise! Until the last night when my friend's son's girlfriend came home at 10 p.m. and asked if we watched the news? The volcano was active again!

Og så tog vi simpelthen på vulkan-jagt! Vi kørte til den vestlige del af Reykjavik og kunne se lyset i det fjerne. Det så jo ud som en vild solopgang eller en kæmpe brand (hvad det jo egentlig også var). 

And then we went volcano-hunting! We went to the west part of Reykjavik and could see the light in the distance. It looked like a wild sunrise or a giant fire (which it kind of was).

Efter at have kigget ude fra ved vandet kørte vi op til "Perlen" som ligger meget højt. Det var altså en virkelig spændende og vild oplevelse at se en aktiv vulkan! Det havde jeg så heller aldrig troet jeg skulle prøve!

After having looked from by the water, we drove up to "The Pearl", which is located very high. It was such an exciting and wild experience seeing an active volcano! So this was another thing I never thought I would experience!

Da jeg næste morgen skulle til lufthavnen kørte vi lige forbi vulkanen igen. Sprækken var 4 km lang og voksede til 8 km! Det så ikke ud som om det var alt for langt fra vejen, men altså vinden blæste røgen væk og vejen var åben. Den Blå Lagune var derimod lukket, og 1300 hotelgæster var blevet evakueret sent om aftenen. 

Da jeg så kom op i flyet kunne jeg desværre ikke se noget som helst fordi der var så mange skyer. Men altså - det var VILDT!

Next morning, when I was going to the airport, we drove right past the volcano. The rift was 4 kilometers long and grew to 8! It looked like it was quite close to the road, but the wind blew in the opposite direction and the road was open. The Blue Lagoon was closed, though, and 1300 hotel guests had to be evacuated late at night. 

In the airplane I couldn't really see anything, unfortunately, because there were so many clouds. But it was CRAZY!

Det var også lidt surrealistisk at køre forbi vejen til Grindavik hvor bynavnet var streget over. Der er stadig folk som insisterer på at bo der og derfor skal evakueres hver gang der er udbrud, og åbenbart er golfbanen åben i byen, men ellers er det forbudt område. 

Det var meget spændende at se, men det var altså også rart at komme hjem til Amager hvor vi IKKE har vulkaner!

It felt quite surreal to drive past the road to Grindavik and see the name of the town crossed out. There are still people who insist on living there, and therefore has to be evacuated at every eruption, and apparently the golf course is still open in the town, but otherwise it's restricted area. 

It was so exciting seeing this, but it was also very nice going home to Amager, which is 100% free of volcanos!