It seemed like a busy day today, luckily I got to relax here at the Blue Lagoon at the end to soak away the stress! I began the day with a pleasant hearty breakfast at my guesthouse to get my day started. A wee different than my usual coffee and oatmeal prepared over a Bunsen … Continue reading Day 10: The Driving Comes To An End

Outside of the Blue Lagoon, the most popular tourist attraction in Iceland is the Golden Circle circuit. As seen on the map above, it encompasses a good bit of driving giving day-package sightseers a good dose of countryside that includes 3 typically Icelandic features: a huge waterfall, a geyser, and an awesome display of plate … Continue reading Day 9: The Golden Circle

These thundering falls are Skógafoss, the termination of what was to have been my 4-day backpacking trip down from the highlands of Iceland. That was one of the first things I booked to do when I decided to come here, long before my sprained ankle threw a wrench into my travel plans. I was quite … Continue reading Day 8: Wandering By Waterfalls

           Last night's neighbours checking me outThose neighbors I was a bit worried about - would they know to stop 'baa-ing' even if it never got dark? Answer: yes. My other neighbors were a friendly bunch of hikers who camped in a little ravine just over the hill from me - … Continue reading Day 7: Weather For All Sorts

Ha! Well, not necessarily forbidden, just the 'unplanned' east. I ended up driving quite late last night trying to find a place to camp, passing a few kamikaze cyclists along the way, but I refused to camp when the outside temperature was less than 4°C! I finally gave in at 10:45pm and parked in a … Continue reading Day 6: The Forbidden East

There was no hurry to rush out of Akureyri this morning as the usual morning gloom wasn't forecast to burn  off till about 11am. I puttered at the guesthouse for a while, then made my way to the town's Botanical Gardens - compact but lovely, and the gardeners must have made a Herculean effort to … Continue reading Day 5: Myvatn

I tip my hat to the view too! I've been car camping the last few nights - it's freed me up enormously in planning my itinerary (who really knows how long it takes to drive from A to B, and how long the sights in between will take to see?). The first night I spent … Continue reading Day 4: Tröllaskagi Peninsula

A taste of the sea for me today - I headed east bright and early this morning to Stykkisholmur for the Viking Sushi Tour. It's a 2 1/4 hr boat cruise in the island-studded bay of Breidafjordur to experience the ocean's splendor, see all kinds of nesting birds, ie Puffins, and they throw in a … Continue reading Day 3: Stykkisholmur

Raudfeldsgja Gorge. Coffee and a walk at the crack of 10am. I passed this yesterday afternoon as it was all in the shadows and there were lots of tourists in the parking lot but I had it to myself this morning. A creek comes out of a small crack in the cliffs forming a gorge … Continue reading Day 2: Western Snaefellsnes

WOW! And I'm not talking about the airline. Iceland is stunning. I've had mostly glorious weather since I've been here (all of 40 hours) and that's just been icing on the cake to the stupendous scenery. I landed at 4am in Kefalik (the international airport is located about 45 mins away from Reykjavik), picked up … Continue reading Day 1: Iceland!