When you think of lighthouses what usually comes to mind? For me, it is beautiful tall white buildings and my great grandma.
Side story, my great grandma was, and forever will be, my favorite person ever. I was lucky and got to spend a lot of time with her growing up and one thing I will always remember about her (beside her sassy attitude which was just the best) was that she loved lighthouses. I will never forget her lighthouse clock that I thought was basically the coolest thing ever! All my wonderful memories of my grandma come to mind whenever I see a lighthouse, seeing them just makes me smile.
Back to the lighthouses.
In my mind they are always white with maybe some red or blue on the top part. So when I heard about the orange lighthouse in Grindavík I knew I had to see it!
And so, off H and I headed one sunny Saturday morning in search of the orange lighthouse. I am still wondering what my Grandma would of thought of the orange lighthouse? I know she would have loved the adventure of finding it!
When we arrived to the charming fishing town of Grindavík H and I really had no idea where we needed to go to find the lighthouse. Naturally, I said left he said right. And as he was the driver we went right. I didn’t protest for to long though because around the corner these adorable creatures were waiting.
While the baby lambs were adorable and made my day they were not the intended attraction so H made me say goodbye so we could continue on down the road. Aren’t they just the cutest though?
Now I am not going to say I told you so, but I told H over and over this was not the right way, and I really did try to hide my smirk when we came to the dead end turn around in the road. I almost didn’t say anything, but then “I told you so” came out of my mouth. I love being right :) At least H’s destination came with a pretty view, and a map.
With the correct direction now settled on we headed towards Hópneshringur Circle, a gravel road that takes you back to the Grindavík lighthouse.
I spy an orange lighthouse in the distance!
As you drive along the Hópneshringur Circle you will see the ruins of several shipwrecks. These are from old fishing boats that have wrecked just off the shores of the Reykjanes peninsula. At many of the shipwrecks you can get out and read the story behind it, an interesting, and sad, extra activity to do while heading back to the lighthouse.
While I liked learning the history of the area I had my mind set on one thing and one thing only, the Grindavík lighthouse.
Lighthouse I am coming for you!
The Grindavík lighthouse might be small but I just love the pop of orange it brings to the area. I mean how often do you see an orange lighthouse?!
A pretty lighthouse indeed.
As we made our way around the last part of the circle we had to make one more stop to get out and walk around. You just never know what you are going to find in Iceland and this walk led us to a small pond with an abandon building in the distance. We were not to sure what used to be in the building, H and I are guessing it was for fishing supplies, but it made for a picture perfect scenery.
An adventure my Grandma most definitely would of loved.
Life by the sea is just the best! If you looking to visit an area full of Icelandic charm add Grindavík to your list!
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Do you like visiting smaller towns when traveling or big cities?
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