Once there we met up with Magga Gauja the adventure celebrant and hiked with her for an hour uphill to this beautiful lookout spot, overlooking a magnificent canyon, that we had scouted out 3 years earlier. We were there in the summer evening and had the whole hike all to ourselves. Not a soul in sight. The ceremony was heartfelt and beautiful there was no wind so the only sounds came from chirping birds and buzzing bees…
Pink Iceland went all out in the planning, offered them the down town Pink Tower to get ready in and even got them a helicopter ride up to the volcano. So on a bright and sunny summer day Alissa and Steve put on their fancy clothes and got ready to see an active volcano for the first time and getting married at the same time. On the airport we met up with Tryggvi, their celebrant, and took off to see the fiery beast in Reykjanes.
On March 19th 2021 a volcanic eruption started at Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula, only a stones throw away from the capital, Reykjavík. It was a relatively small eruption by Icelandic standards. Iceland is very volcanically active and sports many volcanos of different shapes and sizes. Some large enough to cause real catastrophic events like covering everything in ash or stopping air traffic in the northern hemisphere for weeks but this one was what Icelanders have dubbed a “tourist eruption”; a small, accessible, lava flowing eruption. Usually when a volcano goes off you want to get as far away from it as possible but in the case of a tourist eruption the opposite actually happens…
They had their tiny ceremony under a waterfall, with an officiant from the humanist association and read their tear jerking vows to each other. We then travelled together to some of the most awe inspiring landscapes Iceland has to offer. Exploring canyons, carefully treading on hidden pathways through moss covered…
This is about as far from a conventional wedding as possible. Waking up before sunrise and get all dressed up. Start the day with a romantic walk on top of a 120m high sea cliff at sunrise. Jump into a super jeep that hurtles you through a moon like, black sand desert towards an outlet glacier under a volcano. At the bottom of the glacier you add a bit of lipstick on and slip into the final accessory to perfect your wedding attire, crampons…
