We spent our first and last evenings in Iceland's capital and main city, Reykjavík. Tuesday Our apartment was two blocks from the famous Hallgrimskirkja, a church design inspired by the Icelandic...
Blog posts from Iceland
Eric’s 40th: Iceland day 5 – back to Reykjavík
After a filling breakfast at the hotel we checked out and started our leisurely drive back to Reykavjik. Before we left Vik we wanted to see their famous black sand beach, so we started there for...
Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 4 – Fjallsárlón and Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoons
For day 4 our main destinations were the glacial lagoons Jökulsárlón and Fjallsárlón, several hours drive from Vik. As usual, we made quite a few stops along the way. The first stop was a quick hike...
Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 3 – Selfoss to Vik, waterfalls galore and Skógafoss
The day started out overcast with a light drizzle but cleared up the further east we headed. From Vik our first waterfall of the day was AEgissufoss, a large river cascade near Hella. Parking was...
Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 2 – RAIN!
This will be forever referred to as the 'wet' day in Iceland. It was about 40 degrees and drizzling with gusty winds and after two stops at Gullfoss and Geysir we were absolutely soaked. Thankfully...
Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 1 – Golden Circle and Þingvellir National Park
After some debate on time and routes, we decided to head north to Hraunfoss & Barnafoss waterfalls. They were far away from the Golden Circle but we are glad we made the detour because it turned...
Eric’s 40th: Iceland overview
After a two hour flight from London we landed in Keflavik airport. Volcanic rock, virtually no trees, and a very windy, cloudy 45 degrees met us on arrival - it felt like a totally different world....
Eric’s 40th: IcelandAir
How to celebrate my 4oth birthday - how could it not involve travel? When we noticed some nice fares on Icelandair to London we started thinking about a trip. Then I remembered that Icelandair...
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