Describing a memorable experience

The whole trip happened out of the blue . A friend had a spare ticket to Iceland and asked me with just two days' notice. My first instinct was to say no, but then I thought, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I needed to make the most of it. I packed a bag and went. When I arrived in Reykjavik, the landscape completely blew me away —volcanoes, glaciers, black sand beaches stretching to