Blogs from Selfoss, Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 2

Sun May 17 Day 3 Veterinary Studies Abroad Woke up around the same time, 8:30am. Picked up poop, moved some dogs around. We’re leaving to go to the farm today but that’s not until after the 2pm tour. I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast. The first tour there was a big dogfight. Ceasar got some scratched on his inner thigh but he’s a tough one so he’ll be fine. Manituk and Oidis got puncture wounds on their paw and inner leg respectively. They were babies about the hole thing (get it?). Sorry that wasn’t really funny. Anyways, I learned how to deal with doggy puncture wounds and got to see a lot of blood. After that we drove to the farm and the view is spectacular. We can see the famous volcano ... read more

Oli poutapäivä. Tuuli edelleen kovasti. Suuntasimme pohjoiseen. Kävimme katsomassa Geysirin alueen ja sitten sen vieressä Gulfossin komeilla putouksilla. Vanha Geysir purkautuu enää aika satunnaisesti, mutta sen vieressä oleva Strokkur purkautui noin 5 minuutin välein ja kerkesimme nähdä sen muutaman kerran. Gulfossissa kävimme ensin kahvilassa. Vedin päälle vielä sadevaatteet kun olin lukenut että koskesta tulisi niin paljon kosteutta. Ehkä olisi tullutkin jos olisi ollut kesä ja olisimme voineet kävellä lähemmäs. Palasimme Selfossiin ja kävimme lounaalla samassa paikassa kuin eilen. Jatkoimme Hvolsvöllurin ohi itään päällystetylle pikkutielle, josta näkyi hyvin jäätikölle. Sielläkin kävimme katsomassa putousta. Ajoimme lopuksi hotelliin Skogafossin lähelle. Siellä ajelimme edestakaisin kahden hotellin välillä. Kun hotellin pitäjä ei suostunut antamaan huonetta samaan hintaan kuin ol... read more

Le Vatnajökull est recouvert d'un manteau de brume ce matin et on ne le voit pas. Après avoir joué du coude avec des allemandes pas de classe au déjeuner et s'être faufilés entre un groupe de mannequins voyageant avec support à vêtement sur roues et bigoudis dans les cheveux, on prend enfin la route. On doit rouler vers l'ouest pour environ 330 km. On ne fait que trois petits arrêts. On regarde les icebergs à Jökulsarlon, on arrête au mémorial du pont emporté par la crue suite à une éruption en 1996 et on fait un changement de pilote dans le coin de Vik. En rallentissant devant Skogafoss bondé de touristes on s'est fait demander un lift jusqu'à Reykjavik par une touriste britannique qui attendaient l'autobus. Désolé, mais on n'y va pas aujourd'hui.... On devait terminer ... read more

Our trip to Iceland didn’t start very auspiciously, with our flight being delayed for 2 hours because of French air traffic control strikes! We wriggled and fidgeted and worried until they finally told us we were going, but we were pretty lucky that they hadn’t cancelled our flight like a lot of others. In our spare time we did manage to buy a bottle of duty free gin as we had heard alcohol was very expensive in Iceland, so the time wasn’t totally wasted. And before we knew it, we were touching down in Reykjavik. The sun was shining and it wasn’t unbearably cold, we couldn’t believe it! We’d been told that Icelandic people had been voted the friendliest in the world, and before long that was readily apparent. Some excitable and possibly slightly drunk locals ... read more

When in Rome do as the Romans do, when in Iceland try and absorb the immense natural beauty of the diverse landscape. There is truly so much to take in and a week just is not enough to cover it all. What we covered was: · Blue Lagoon: This is a wonderful place to visit and to just relax. It’s an outdoor spa about 35 minutes away from Reykjavik. The natural warm waters in Blue Lagoon are a refreshing contrast to the cool outside air. The water has natural healing abilities and you can also use some of the free silica mud for your face and skin. They also offer a swim up bar in the facilities and the restaurant and café offer excellent food. · Thingvellir (Althing) National Park: Visiting this ... read more