{"id":38960,"date":"2018-02-01T23:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38960"},"modified":"2018-02-01T23:53:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:53:12","slug":"throwback-thursday-on-and-in-the-ice-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/throwback-thursday-on-and-in-the-ice-in-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: On (and In) the Ice in Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My gorgeous friend Tina sent me some more photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/what-wendy-wore-iceland-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my birthday trip to Iceland<\/a>, and this is my favorite one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38961\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38961\" class=\"wp-image-38961\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/icecave.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yep, that&#8217;s really me climbing up an ice cave on a glacier. It&#8217;s not like I was using a big axe and ropes or anything &#8230; there were steps!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38962\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cave.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cave-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cave-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But I still felt pretty adventurous.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, a group of us scrambled through a lava cave.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38963\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38963\" class=\"wp-image-38963\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lava.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Wendy, Stacy, Alyssa, Tina. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll never forget this relaxing walk on a black sand beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38965\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38965\" class=\"wp-image-38965\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/windy.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, it was a bit windy out there. When we weren&#8217;t withstanding gale force winds on a beach, however, the temperature was comparable to New York&#8217;s. Iceland is such a beautiful country. I would love to go back in the summer to experience the midnight sun.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed my previous Iceland pictures, you can check them out <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/what-wendy-wore-iceland-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/new-years-greetings-from-iceland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My gorgeous friend Tina sent me some more photos from my birthday trip to Iceland, and this is my favorite one. Yep, that&#8217;s really me climbing up an ice cave on a glacier. It&#8217;s not like I was using a big axe and ropes or anything &#8230; there were steps! But I still felt pretty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/throwback-thursday-on-and-in-the-ice-in-iceland\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[669,41,607,9],"tags":[1481],"class_list":{"0":"post-38960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-about-wendy","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"category-throwback-thursday","10":"category-travel","11":"tag-iceland","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38966,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38960\/revisions\/38966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}