On the day we left Iceland the snow was coming down again hard. We’d been warned that we had to (as usual anywhere in the world) return the rental with a full tank of gas. We’d also been warned there would be a 50 Euro cleaning fee if we returned it dirty. We’d been driving […]
Iceland Day 13: All Hail the Hot Dog King
On our last full day in Iceland, we canceled our northern lights jeep tour – so all we had scheduled was a set of reservations at the Blue Lagoon. Before that, we wandered around central Reyjkavik taking pictures and eating at the famous hot dog stand. On our way to the Blue Lagoon, we visited […]
Iceland Day 12:Making our way back
On day 12 we’d planned to visit snaefellsjokull, but like so many things in the north, the road was closed. We decided to drive all the way around Snæfellsnes Peninsula instead, stopping wherever we were commanded. Most of the squiggly sign stops were uneventful, but one -Lóndrangar- made it worth it. On the southern tip of […]
Iceland Day 11: Escaping the Storm
We woke up to a howling gale of 20 meters per second in the fjord. It would last all day and make our sightseeing impossible. We wanted to visit the western side of the westfjords to see the red sand beach in Keflavik. But the road across curved to the right in the photo below. […]
Iceland Day 10: Northern LightsHouses
We headed further east towards Stykkishólmur, only stopping by the roadside to take photos. We arrived early so we ate at a little bakery called Nesbrauð ehf, which had some really amazing fresh tuna and cheese in the salad bar. After eating we visited Stykkishólmskirkja Church. When we were halfway to the westfjords on the […]
Iceland Day 9: Swimming in the Snow
We took a short detour from Akureyri to see the Christmas Village, which ironically isn’t open until April, so we were creepily walking around this abandoned santa’s village peeking in windows. We set out for the basalt columns of Kalfshamarsvik. Unfortunately, we were met with impassable snowdrifts about a mile from the viewing site […]
Iceland Day 8: Stuck in the Middle With You
We left Egilsstaðir in the morning and headed west across the top of the country. Our first stop was to be Dettifoss, Europe’s largest waterfall. When we got to the road that holds Dettifoss only 30 kilometers away, we sped up, excited to see this amazing waterfall. When we turned into the road there were a […]
Iceland Day 7: Little Lights
We left Skalafell and headed east towards the EastFjords. There were many incredible vistas of the cool blue fjords reflecting high mountain peaks. When we ate lunch in a small fishing town called Breiðdalshreppur. The waitress saw our map and let us know that route 1 was closed just up the hill. We tried to […]