Blogs from Keflavik, Southwest, Iceland, Europe

Nothing much to do today. The van has to be back at 3pm and the place we’re staying is not that scenic. We have a late get up. It’s apparent that this campsite is the one most people are using for their final night before a flight home as it’s only eight minutes drive to Kefvalik airport and all the car and van rental places are nearby. Suitcases are strewn all over the grass and people are madly cleaning the interiors if their vans. I go for a shower. I’m first in the queue but forty minutes later I’m still first in the queue. What IS that woman doing in there? Ian suggests I use the mens. He has seen a couple emerging from it whilst he was having a wash. As there is no one ... read more

Up at 2am, quick shower, check out and 15 minute walk to Luton Airport. Our flight has not been cancelled so that’s a bonus. We have been told to report to check in by 3am although check in clearly states it won’t open till 4am. In fact they do open around 3am and we proceed to self check in. In much the same way as every supermarket self check out I’ve ever attempted I’m forced to call for help as the machines don’t like our suitcase. Nothing to do with us we are assured, some of the belts always malfunction. Next we walk several miles though a maze of walkways to reach security…obviously we must need the exercise as the channels are all empty. Seems like they just like to punish you for bringing too much ... read more

So the last day in Iceland arrived with a blast of winter. My car had snow and ice all over it. I put on the windscreen wipers and water and scraped the window off with a plastic card. I could at least see. I didn't leave the accommodations until about 10:30 so I could see a bit more. I headed south toward the Blue Lagoon. This is a hot pool with naturally occurring silica, supposedly good for the skin and health. There is no bookings available for this place on short notice and for a 1 hour slot it costs about $100AUD. I decided that it was not worth that much money but went for a walk around the pathways. The water is an amazing blue because of the silica in the water. The water around ... read more

Den nula, misto Praha, konkretne Florenc, duvod: odjezd na Island. Dorazil jsem se sexy zpozdenim, ale nastesti ne s tak velkym zpozdenim, aby to prestalo autobusaka bavit a ujel mi. Katka by ho stejne nejak zvladla zastavit, jak porad jeste verim... A mozna se pomerne logicky spravne ptate, jak se takovy autobus z Florence dostane na Island. Popravde asi docela tezko a/nebo zdlouhave, takze se to z tohoto textu nedozvite (cimz jsem prisel o vsechny ctenare az na Ondina, ktery v praci nema do ceho pichnout, a tak cte internet od zacatku do konce a zpet) Ale abychom popojeli, tak jsme popojeli do Wroclawi, stopli si letadlo a to nas hodilo az do Rekjaviku. Pomerne vtipne bylo, ze zatimco Dansko/Norsko/Svedsko (nebo kudy jsme to vlastne leteli... pri pohledu z okynka bych potreboval appku, ktera by k ... read more

Sunday morning we were up even earlier than usual & left in the dark to drive the scenic route to the airport which avoids Reykjavík. Although Vicky spent a while fixing her broken suitcase with duct tape (very expensive Icelandic duct tape!). We first headed south towards Þorlákshöfn then west along the coast to Grindavík then north past the famous Blue Lagoon towards Keflavík & the airport. We dropped off the car without any issues (the mouse thankfully having vacated after the first night) & as the shuttlebus didn’t seem forthcoming Vicky got a trolley for her broken case & we walked over to departures and checked in. As our flight was over an hour before Chavaunne’s we said goodbye before security. Sadly I couldn’t find any Ris Buff in duty free so had to but ... read more