Ah yes, the last day somewhere else. Bergen, it's been real, I really enjoyed all that you had to offer and I really wanted to take advantage of that for one last day. After breakfast at the hostel and a sad goodbye to the Scottish students, Shawn and I went to the tourist information centre to try and book our Norway in a Nutshell tour, the most popular in the country. Just my luck, and I had a funny feeling the night before, all of the trains in the afternoon to Oslo were booked up so we had to bail on that idea and change it up on the fly! Luckily we hadn't yet booked the hostel in Oslo so we still had some room to finagle. We decided it was best to go right to ... read more

Picking up where I left off, my shuttle ride to the airport consisted of sleep, and more sleep. This time I got to see the building in the morning light, and it's some pretty cool architecture. I checked in on my phone on the bus (loving the free wifi on like all modes of transportation, it's dope!) so I was able to skip the self checkin madness inside the main entrance. After I dropped my bag I headed to duty free and bought some Icelandic chocolate with my remaining Kronas (except for enough for another chocolate bar on my way home, don't worry, I didn't forget about you mum ;)). An easy wait and I was on the plane to Bergen, my first stop in Norway. I grabbed the flybussen airport express and the driver said ... read more

Soooooo... Yesterday was like the coolest day ever (Both experience wise and temperature wise, aha)! I was originally planning on another lazy day before my northern lights tour at night but decided against it after reading of mount Esja. Just 20km North east of Rekjavik, this is the most prominent mountain on the coastline that has paths maintained by the city that are followed by thousands of hikers each year. Both getting there and getting up was a challenge! It was such a beautiful day so insider mind walked a but to the bus stop around the corner and up the road. From there I caught the 15 towards Mosfellsbær where I thought I would transfer soon to the 57. Turns out it only comes every hour and I had just missed it :( So to ... read more

Yesterday was a lazy day according to the Frenchmen in my room (probably because they walked into the room and I was in bed writing yesterday's blog at 11:00 ?)... But I got up and walked to the Viking Maritime Museum of Reykjavik. It's great how close in proximity everything is to each other... Close enough to be able to walk everywhere but far enough to get a heck of a lot of exercise, aha. The museum wasn't really what I expected but it was still pretty cool to learn about how the fishing industry has evolved in Iceland and how passionate they are about it! After a quick stop in Subway for lunch (I know, I know, it was cheap ok?!) I headed in what I thought was the right direction to the Nation Museum ... read more

So I'm here safely in Iceland, and wow is this a beautiful country already. I guess I'd better start with the plane ride tho... Sat next to this lovely couple from Sarnia who shared with me the story of their nephew travelling all around the world, a super intense version of what I'm doing. Short but sweet flight with complimentary Icelandic Glacial water and LEDs above the overhead compartments that simulated the Northern Lights (how freakin' cool is that?!). Anyways, now I'm on the bus on the way to Reykjavik and it's the most scenic bus ride I've ever been on, surrounded by snow covered mountains and the ocean right by. Oh Ya, just a little bit of snow here ;) Dropped my big bag off at the hostel because it was only 8am and I ... read more