Colours of Iceland 

 
 
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My first travels to Iceland were pure imaginary: I was going down with Jules Vernes into the depths of the Snaefelljökull to explore the way to the centre of the Earth.

Far from common path, not showing up in my class books, this country has always been fascinating to me, as if all the answers about the origins of our world were behind this distant door.

I had to wait to be an adult to finally achieve my first trip in Iceland. Dreams became reality in front of the immensity and complexity of the landscapes. But I also discovered others faces of Iceland, learned to appreciate the warmth of Icelandic people and how dynamic this country can be.

Iceland is not only a living museum of our Earth geology but also a country where merge progress and tradition as nowhere else. Sagas are still enchanting children and grown-up, in a language that has hardly changed since the time of the first settlers. But forced by a rough environment and isolation imposing to be dependent on no other country, Iceland is also a true innovator for clean energies as hydrogen and geothermy. If many countries are talking about hydrogen as a fuel, in Iceland it’s a reality.

These few pages will perhaps give you the desire to discover a different country where history is first created by Nature and where Man is only tolerated and often shoved by an ever changing environment.

Be modest and discover that each ting, even insignificant, from lava to birds, from moss to geysers, has a soul, an history and a role in this delicate harmony.

To Jules Vernes,
From Moon to the center of the Earth,
Who gave me the desire to have an inquiring mind.