Blogs from South, Iceland, Europe - page 3

Iceland is famous for its waterfalls so we thought we’d give them a red hot (more on that later) go in one day (other than yesterday’s taster at Gulfoss). Packed up and bade our farewells to Depill and the pregnant mares before hitting the road headed to Seljalandsfoss, famous because of it’s beauty and because you can walk right underneath it, and get a little wet. What the guidebooks fail to mention is that it’s also the ideal place to get stuck halfway up a wet, cold, muddy and slippery rock face because your 13 year old confidence exceeds your ability and foresight, which appeared to run out about half way up. Mother to the rescue! Dried out and warmed up (and calmed down) in the sun before caving at the continual demands for lunch. But ... read more

So we’ve tired of the rolling hills and verdant greenness (yes, that’s a word) of England, and we’ve decided to try something different. So different, in fact, that we had to get up at 3.30am just to manage the excitement and anticipation. Pleasantly surprised with easyjet’s delivery and promptness, we had landed in Iceland by 7.30 local time and we’re on our way…back on the wrong side of the road. Quick refuel at a bakery and headed straight to the recent Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption. While we missed the actual eruption by a few months, we were pretty excited to see the steam pouring out of the recent lava. Very cool (yes, ok, or hot) that we could walk right up to it and our budding geologist was fascinated by the ‘souvenirs’ she found along the way. ... read more

We had alot to do today - and all of it in cold, windy, driving rain. After all the participants of the tour with Arctic Adventures were picked up, we were on our way. Our guide is Sindri, and he is the driver and guide for this trip. He is a wealth of information and he talks the whole time he is driving through this horrible rain. My cousin said all the photos are not coming through. I don't know why, maybe the wi-fi connection? Sorry about that. I killed you with iceberg photos, now I'm going to kill you with waterfall photos. First stop: Thingvellir. From Wikipedia: Þingvellir (Icelandic: (img=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/... read more

Welcome back! Where was I? Well, I must tell you, Thingvellir or Þingvellir is an obligated stop for those exploring Iceland's Golden Circle, so I would encourage all of you to visit this incredible national park. The incredible rock formations along the way look like taken out from another planet, but you don't have to go too far. Visit Iceland to enjoy a one of a lifetime experience. Here is today's series quick itinerary: Leaving Þingvellir Lunch at Friðheimar restaurant (tomato farm) Arriving at Geysir Staying at the hotel - The Highland Center Hrauneyjar After spending about an hour and a half surrounded by this beautiful scenery, I must say that I got a bit hungry, so this was my call to get on with my journey to find somewhere nice to have some lunch along ... read more

Notre première journée d'excursion s'est déroulée en 241 km de route... et les nombreuses visites que vous aurez déjà pu observer dans les deux derniers blogs... Aujourd'hui nous reprenons la route avec notre brave chauffeur qui met tout en œuvre pour que nous ne devions pas porter nos valises jusqu'à la réception... et nous nous préparons aussi à découvrir d'autres lieux parfois impressionnants... Il m'arrive aussi d'avoir l'impression de traverser la Patagonie... des terres et des terres sans rien ni personne... des fermes, petites et grandes ci et là... quelques moutons dans les prairies que nous longeons, de toutes petites églises parfois attachées à un mini groupe de maisons ou tout simplement à une ferme et tant d'autres choses.... Pour aujourd’hui notre programme nous mènera direction la côte sud avec un premier arrêt à la cascade ... read more