We got Married!! Our Wedding Photos from Iceland. :)
Well Steemit friends, a few days ago I mentioned that this trip to Iceland was extra special and now you know why. I got married! We spent 12 days exploring the whole country (we never went to the north on the other two trips). Just myself, Kylene, and the awesome photographer Joleen Willis.
^^^Taken on a ridge of Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. I must admit, this one was a bit harrowing. The ridge was around 3 feet wide or so... and about 250 feet high.
Kylene and I have been together for nearly 8 years. We got engaged in Iceland in February of last year inside an ice cave of the Vatnajökull Glacier... it only seemed fitting to finished the process there as well! Basically, the entire purpose of the trip was to get a lot of cool wedding photos. We eloped. In October, we're going to have a reception get-together for friends and family though.
^^^At Skogafoss waterfall. We had the whole thing to ourselves!
Some of the most amazing sights are super busy with tourists, naturally. This time of year, however, it never gets dark in the country. The old midnight sun. That being said we went to many of the locations between 3:00am and 6:00am, before the tour buses show up. We had some of the most popular locations to ourselves! Like Gullfoss, which is one of the busiest locations in the country, and we had it to ourselves for over an hour.
^^^On the basalt lava columns of Reynisfjara beach.
The ceremony was on July 7th in the little town of Seyðisfjörður on the eastern coast of the country. It was awesome. The district commissioner conducted the ceremony and it lasted around 90 seconds. Perfect!
^^^Helping Kylene across the glacial waters of Jökulsárlón.
We have a thing where we don't really like to go to the same place more than once because there's so much to see in the world.... but like I said, this was our third trip here. That should be a testament to how awesome Iceland is. Though the tourist amounts have sky rocketed since our first trip, but I people should really see it. The glaciers alone are should be seen before they disappear.
Anyway, I came back from Iceland a new man, literally. I'm a married man now! Everything feels the same, honestly, but that is awesome. We have a great relationship and neither one of us would want anything to change. We've always been buds, but now we've promised to be buds forever.
Thanks for reading about my wedding!
Photos by Joleen Willis.
www.joleenwillis.com
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Amazing scenes. Upvoted and followed! Congrats!
Thanks! Appreciate it @dxxxr!
It's been a good couple of weeks I didn't pass by your blog and now I'm glad I did it. Iceland photos always catch my attention ;)
Congratulations (on your married status)!! Those are amazing photos!
Hey you, @liliana.duarte! In fairness, I didn't post for just about two weeks while we were traveling. Thanks for the kudos on our marriage and our photos too! Believe me, they're will be plenty of Iceland photos to come!
How, that's great!! I'll be looking forward to those Iceland photos. I'm pretty sure I'll love them all. Must visit Iceland one day! :)
Iceland is a gorgeous country. Amazing photos.
I actually proposed in Iceland in front of Gulfoss.
Congrats!
Gulfoss! What are the odds? When was that?? I hope she said "yes"! :)
Two years ago. We took an RV around the ring road.
And yes, she said yes. :)
Congratulations guys! I love the photos, I suspect Joleen could do very well over here in steemland.
Oh believe me, @steemmeupscotty... I sounded like a used car salesman pitching steemit to her lol. It did sound like she may be a new member to the community when she returns though.
Hehe - been working on my steemit elevator pitch for friends and family. But as soon as I say things like 'blockchain' or 'similar to Bitcoin' I see the lights turn off. I'll prob just keep it simple from now on with and tell them, "They pay you for the things you're already doing." :)
Congrats! You are lucky, you have some beautiful photos of the day
Thanks @dijana969! We're very happy with her photos so far and we've only seen like 8 of the 2,000+ lol
This my friend is a beautiful love story and I applaud your ability to narrate it so well. The photos are simply amazing and captures the true essence of you guys love. Wishing much success and happiness for you both. Steem on steemiteer
Incredibly kind of you to say, @slickhustler007. Thank you. :)
Congrats!! Beautiful pictures... breathtaking place!
Thanks @jars!
Congrats! beautiful pictures.
Wow, that looks amazing! Always wanted to go to Iceland. I am very jealous right now.
Awesome photos and congratulations!
I couldn't recommend it more, @ats-david! Flights are relatively affordable, but the food is expensive. Also, I can't vouch for their coffee... but the scenery is out of this world.
What a powerful and fascinating nature you have there! Amazing pictures!