Preface
This time it starts without any adventures. Although Easyjet was delayed, it doesn’t matter much for the whole trip. As usual, I don’t have a big plan. Flight tickets in both ways, that’s all. The only difference compared to my previous trips is that this time we rented a car. The fact of “we” is also something new. Exceptionally I don’t go alone, but with a friend, which is probably the main attraction of the whole trip.
Arthur
We haven’t seen each other, hmmm... a decade probably and we know each other from my “anthropological” trip to the British Isles. During the week we hitchhiked from Brighton to Lands End and back. We were only equipped with sleeping bags, not much cash, but a lot of good humor and an uncontrollable desire to discover new places.
Ania, Artur’s wife, contacted me a few months ago. She proposed a very special birthday present for her husband - a trip to Iceland with me, and... without her. She knew well that both of us, I mean me and Artur since I can remember, we wanted to go to Iceland. Hence she got this idea. To be honest, I immediately liked this offer, the more that I haven’t seen Artur for a long time. In addition, I postponed the trip to Iceland for much too long. To be honest, I was also impressed by Artur’s wife. Which of my friends’ wives would make a similar gift to her husband by sending him on a trip of over a week with a friend? Amazing wife! Maybe I will even contribute to a luxury SPA for her as a thank you for the great idea;) ? We’ll see.
Artur didn’t know anything about his birthday gift. We bought round-trip tickets as a surprise...
