a life well travelled
"Víðsýni" means a panoramic view or open-mindedness in Icelandic.
This adjective best describes my time in Iceland, a true land of ice and fire. The entire landscape can change in a span of minutes or miles - one minute you're driving through a moss-covered lunar landscape of old lava flows near Skaftafell National Park and the next you are watching bright blue icebergs float in the glacial lagoon at Jökulsárlón or calve off of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier. I saw waterfall after waterfall (even one you can walk behind, Seljalandsfoss), herds of reindeer in Hallormsstaður National Forest, wandering Icelandic ponies outside of Husavik, and tectonic plates breaking apart in Þingvellir. The landscape is wild, open, and inspires wonder at every turn.