This weeks PhotoFriday theme is Gray. Here is my entry.

My thesaurus tells me that a synonym for grey, in the sense of grey day, is gloomy and sunless. You can’t get much more gloomy and sunless than this day at Geysir in Iceland!

“Why?” It’s rapidly becoming the question that people ask when I announce my next travel destination, and my Christmas in Iceland trip was no exception.

To be fair I did have doubts. Having spent a winter in Norway a few years ago I was expecting short daylight hours, cold and snow. And it was Christmas so I was expecting a few things to close. But I was also expecting some wonderful, directional light, ideal for photography; I was expecting crisp, blue skies and pristine snow; I was expecting cozy bars and restaurants; and I was expecting to see the Northern Lights.