Blogs from Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 11

Nejdrive se ucime, jak tu funguji benzinky. Vsechny jsou selfcare (coz ocenuji), ale s nasi znalosti islandstiny neni menu prave citelne. Nastesti se samo od sebe objevi moznost zmenit jazyk a v inglis uz to jde o poznani jednoduseji. V podstate musite vlozit kartu, zadat PIN, zvolit, kolik chcete natankovat a vytahnout kartu. Az potom muzete vzit pistoli a zastrelit serifa... teda nakrmit Salamandra. Vyrazime k vodopadum Gullfoss. Cestou zastavujeme u vodopadu Faxafoss, ktere sice v zpetnem pohledu staly za zlamany prd, ale jelikoz jde o nase prvni islandske vodopady, pripadaji nam super. Co by za ne treba v Krkonosich dali, ze? Gullfoss je ale trochu jiny kalibr. Asi jako the Mountain oproti Impovi, Golias oproti Davovi, Vasina oproti Ondinovi... no, chapete me, ne? Voda ve vodopadu pada (co by taky mela delat? Tancovat cardas?) dvoustupnove ... read more

Most people visiting Iceland for only 1 to 3 days find that the most effective use of their time, to get a reasonably varied view of the different facets of this country, arrange to drive or take a day tour around the Golden Circle. Although we had just returned from 6 days exploring the entire circumference of Iceland, we wanted even more, so we set off in our car to see some highlights of the Golden Circle. Leaving Reykjavik travelling south on Hwy 1, you pass across an area with giant hot water pipes laying on the ground across the landscape. The Nesjavellir geothermal power station is visible, connected to the end of the pipes, and sends hundreds of gallons of hot water per second down the pipes to Reykjavik. Highway 1 drops down into a ... read more

I decided to spend my last days visiting as many hot springs as possible, including Reykjadalur, a geothermal river that you can swim in (although, by swim...I mean sit, as it's very shallow). It was really cold, windy and raining when I did the 1 hour-ish hike to the river, but still absolutely fantastic as you pass all sorts of interesting geothermal things along the way. Sitting in the river letting the warm water run by was unique and really peaceful...getting out was definitely the challenge :)... read more

Although our Air Canada arrival into Iceland was a few hours late, due mainly to severe thunderstorms in Toronto, our Premium Economy seats and service made for a comfortable trip. We flew along with our friend Adrienne on our Aeroplan points for a 2-week Intervac home exchange stay in Reykjavik, the capitol city of Iceland. As all the booze is apparently quite expensive in Iceland, we took advantage of our Toronto flight delay and dropped by the Duty Free shop at Pearson airport to pick up some of our favourite items. If you don’t have a similar opportunity, I’m told that the Duty Free shop in the Iceland Keflavic airport also has more affordable prices, so some shopping on arrival is on many itineraries. We had pre-purchased airport to Reykjavik transportation online from Flybus Airport Transfer ... read more

We arrived in Iceland at 5 a.m. after an easy flight with WOW Airlines from Pittsburgh. When we landed the scenery let you know immediately you were in parts unknown! For miles around the airport are lava fields, flat, almost barren. Closer inspection reveals that the purple hues are Lupins, stretches of them, planted for conservation reasons and considered by some to be an invasive nuisance. The lava rocks are also coated with green and red lichens and moss, which were are later told is a result of climate change--twenty years ago the rocks were a barren grey. Today, as it is warmer, the ground covering plants are gaining a foothold. We quickly passed through one of the easiest immigration checks ever--"are you staying in Iceland?" "Yes" "Fine, go ahead", passport stamped. We picked up a ... read more