"I could tell by his voice that it was serious," she says.
Living an hour away
In recent months, there have been thousands of small earthquakes in the area, but in the weeks leading up to the eruption, everything was calm," says Linnéa Johnsson, who studies art in Reykjavík
She flew back to Sweden a week ago and will return to Iceland after New Year's Eve and as it looks right now she can go back.
"I'll get there or I won't get there. You can't do much if the crust wants to pull apart and the magma comes up.