Hans is clear: he actually just wants to go home again. “We were there on Saturday to see everything. And we were already making plans to return. It is our little paradise, and I actually just want to go home. And we know that there could be an eruption, then we just get back into the car. That’s what we assumed, until Saturday.”
Even if the government gives up the village of Grindavik, the Waregem resident does not want to leave. “Even if they give up the village, I hope we can still get power and water, we just want to get back to our house.”