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…
This summer wedding on the south coast has it all! A heartfelt, emotional and teary eyed ceremony under a secret waterfall. Hiking in the hills above said waterfall for some portraits. Exploring high sea cliffs towering over the black sand beaches, roaming around endless fields of wild lupine, making out in a filed of buttercups only to find yourself all of a sudden…
