Iceland - Part 6

01 Jan 2016 . category: Travel . Comments
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Day 6: Stranded

Next morning, we woke up to a terrible snowstorm, and realized we were stranded, at least for the time being. We settled in: I started catching up on CS181 lecture videos (midterm after the break) while Aaron, being ahead on all his work, watched House of Cards instead while eating an entire bag of licorice from Bonus. Here’s our setup while stranded:

This was also the day that we realized the full extent of the car damage. It seems that we had pushed part of the front fender in while pushing the car out of the snow (great durability I know) which was then exacerbated everytime we opened the driver-side door:

Realizing we’d be stranded for the night, we walked our way over to the main office and paid for one more day with the nice lady. Unfortunately, this is a trip we would have to make again. Just like in the movies, we actually had to dig ourselves out, as there was a snowdrift up against the door. And on the way there, we almost got blown over by the wind.

We finished our uneventful day by watching Up in the Air, hoping that the next morning would bring better weather.

Day 7: Still Stranded…

Unfortunately, the roads somehow managed to get worse! We were now totally boxed in on both sides.

On the bright side, we were, after several attempts, able to get our flight rescheduled to one day later at no extra charge. And also, we determined that VISA would likely cover the damages to our rental vehicle! We finished out the night by watching Catching Fire after absolutely failing to make steamed vegetables with improper cookware. By the end of this day, we were really starting to get cabin fever, and strongly hoped for better weather.

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