Okay, so I didn't get around to following up on my gift guides which is INFURIATING because I had carefully chosen all the products for each person, but family time got the best of me and I decided not to spend my precious holiday time in front of the computer screen (one of my New Year's resolutions). Speaking of holidays, my parents surprised us with a trip to ICELAND which was AMAZING. It's a very cold, dark country (the sun rises at 10:30am and sets at 4pm in the winter...) but with beautiful people, stunning scenery, and delicious food. Also, fun fact, many of the Game of Thrones scenes is filmed there (think North of the Wall) so we even went on a GOT tour, I kid you not. In fact, the way our parents told us we were going was by gifting us a map of Westeros on Christmas Day. Needless to say none of us guessed "trip to Iceland" from the illustration, but cousin Harry was quick to point out our shortcomings. The cherry on top of the trip was the knowledge that Beyoncé and Jay Z had just been there to celebrate his birthday, so we were walking on hallowed ground indeed. I even swam in the exact same waters Queen B did at the famous Icelandic Blue Lagoon. I'm never bathing again.
Here are a few more snapshots of the Viking land.
Thrift shopping with Selina at the must-visit Spuutnik in Reykjavik. Don't worry, I bought the coat.
Explorer Roy
Trolling the town's local music scene. The fam loved this band--def check them out: 1860
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS!!! Not the best picture ever but insanely mesmerizing in person.
An example of a waterfall you would not want to fall into.
We spent New Year's in London and it was a wonderful end to an exciting and busy year. Here's to 2015!
