When we got up, Kurt and I both had the ambition of doing something we had never done: walk on a glacier. A short drive towards higher mountains later, we booked a tour at one of the 2 walk/hiking companies nearby ($100 for 3 hours).After a bit of a safety brief, a drive in an authentic school bus and a walk towards the glacier, I am on hard ice! With crampons on, obviously.Our guide, Ryan, was passionate and full of energy! He told us about the glacier, geology, volcanos, etc… After the Antarctica and the North Pole, the glacier Vatnajokull in Iceland is the largest by volume in the World. At the deepest point, the ice is 1000m thick! The black colour is ash from the last 2 volcanos: Eyjafjallajokull (2010) and Bardarbunga (2014). Melting water at the surface of the glacier forms little rivers and sometimes holes in the ice.If we talk water purity, there is nothing better than melted ice on a glacier, filtered by thin volcanic ashes. I used the ‘Viking push-up’ technique (on the axe) to drink some. Cold but delicious!After this fantastic experience, we drove a bit further East. At this location, the glacier meets the sea and we could see icebergs floating. Worth a picture.That night, we stayed in Hofn. Diner, few beers, nothing special. I stayed up late trying to work out how to deal with this blog platform… I know, I should have done it before I left!The day after, I needed a bit of exercise. And I decided it was a good idea to try and climb the mountain behind me on the first picture below. It was steep and loose, I spent most of the time on all fours, and I was exhausted when I got to the top. I actually did not get at the very top, the last bit wasn’t possible without a rope.My legs hurt for a few days, but it felt good. We are going further East, there are not many people on the road, just a few tourists. Mountains and see are now just next to each others and the road winds more and more.