u/chrisforchristmas

I'm 29, a Polish single guy working in the army, and my dream has always been to live in Iceland. I just came back from a trip there this month, and somehow… my dream has grown even stronger.

The thing is, I have absolutely no idea how to make it happen. A guy I met in Reykjavík told me about an app called Alfreð, so I created an account, but that's where I got stuck.

I don't have any family or friends in Iceland, so I can't just quit my job and move there without knowing where I'm going to live or work.

I'm currently doing a bachelor's degree in Internal Security. I haven't worked anywhere besides the army, so I don't have much work experience or a professional qualification outside of the military.

I feel like life is passing me by, and I want to take advantage of the fact that I'm still relatively young and don't have a family of my own yet. I'm willing to take the risk and try something completely different rather than spend my life serving as a soldier in a job that doesn't make me happy.

I really want to find a way to make this happen, but I honestly don't know where to start.

Could you please verify if this schedule is somewhat manageable? Are the hours consistent with the length of time that should be allocated to a given region? Any advice and valuable tips are welcome. We booked a VW Polo

9.08-15.08

▫️09.08

15:20 - landing at Reykjavik

17:14-18:16 - Keflavik Airport->B14 Hostel

▫️10.08

12:00 - picking up a car

13:10-14:10 - Kerið Crater

14:40-18:30 - Reykjadalur Hot Springs

19:30 - hotel at Flúðir

▫️11.08 "Golden Circle"

8:00 - Flúðir -> Þingvellir National Park

8:45-11:15 Þingvellir Park (Almannagja, Öxarárfoss)

12:00-12:45 - Geysir

13:00-14:00 - Gullfoss

15:00-17:00 - Brúarfoss

17:30-18:30 - Hrunalaug

18:40 - hotel at Flúðir

▫️12.08 Solar Eclipse

▫️13.08 South Coast

7:30 - Departure from Flúðir

9:00-10:00 - Seljalandsfoss

10:00-10:30 - Gljúfrabúi

11:00-12:30 - Skógafoss

13:15-14:30 - Dyrhólaey

14:45-16:00 - Reynisfjara

16:10 - Vík

18:30-20:30 - Go back to Flúðir

▫️14.08

8:00 - Departure from Flúðir to Bláhnjúkur

10:15-13:00 - Bláhnjúkur's peak

13:00-14:15 - Laugahraun

14:15-15:00 - Relax, food etc.

15:00-16:00 - bathing at Landmannalaugar

16:00-18:30 - Going back to Flúðir

I've heard that in many cases locals attract whales and other animals to specific area for tourists to watch them and thereby to pay. Is it cruelty-free to book a trip to see whales in real life? Cause I don't want to support these trips if they harm them in any way

Whenever someone is listening to me I get nervous and made mistakes while playing, should I overcome this before streaming? How to overcome this?

Also I can play like 15 pieces, is this reasonable number of songs to start streaming? I've covered around 80 songs but I forgot almost all of them and relearning them again takes so much time. I feel like If I don't start streaming now I won't have a motivation to relearning all of the pieces