Blogs from Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 52

WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE THEM! On the night of our return to Reykjavik from our drive along the south coast of Iceland, we were at our hostel when we heard a group of school students running around outside in mad hysteria, screaming that they could see the Northern Lights. Realising that we did not have to return our hire car until the following morning, we decided to drive to a nearby national park to view this phenomenon outside of the city's glow. As we emerged from the front door of the hostel, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the sweeping arcs of green light that were drifting across the night sky. I was flabbergasted that we could actually see them this clearly from the city and it was with much excitement that we ... read more

Hi people Haven't blogged in a while. Haven't traveled in while. Icelands economic state doesn't offer you much possibility to travel in the near future. Hopefully I will though before to long. Went to lreland and NY earlier this year. Will tell you all about it later. In the meanwhile I'll stay at home and play my guitar. bye Rósa... read more

Best að athuga hvort þetta virki. Ætla að reyna að blogga eitthvað hér um Indlandsför mína. Ég lofa engum ritgerðum né reglulegum pistlum. Það fer allt eftir netsambandi og hversu mikið ég nenni að tjá mig. Ég legg af stað laugardaginn 13. sept til Stokkhólmar þar sem ég ætla að knúsa Unu og co í þrjá daga. Þriðjudagskvöldið 16. sept flýg ég svo til Helsinki þar sem ég á pantað flugvallarhótel í eina nótt. Ég legg síðan af stað um hádegi 17. sept beint til Delhi. Þar lendi ég klukkan 23:30 og á pantað flug til Jaipur um 5 leytið þá sömu nótt. Þangað verð ég sótt af AIESEC en það er samtökin sem ég fer á vegum. Mér skilst að fyrstu næturnar gisti ég hjá indverskri fjölskyldu. Ég gisti heima hjá einhverjum frá AIESEC ... read more

We woke up this morning fully recovered, well, more or less, from our whale watching expedition. Our flight wasn't until much later in the day so there was still time to do some sightseeing in the morning. We decided to head for somthing that was warm and dry and firmly on solid ground so we set off for the Saga Museum in the Perlan. The walk there proved to be interesting. We walked along the main road and couldn't quite believe how completely empty it was. A main road in a capital city and there was no-one in sight. After about 15 minutes we were relived to see a couple of cars drive past - we weren't the only people in the entire of Reykjavík after all!! The walk to the Perlan proved to be quite ... read more

We came full circle today as we travelled back to Reykjavík. The city was silent as we arrived. The marathon was on so presumably all the locals were gathered along certian streets. We had a whistle stop tour of the world's most northerly capital. Established by the Norse chieftan Ingolfur Amarson in around 874 CE the real development of Reykjavík began in the late 18th century. It currently has a population of about 120,000 with more than 200,000 living in the Greater Reykjavík Area. Reykjavík is also unusual in that most of the homes and businesses are heated by natural geothermal water. We began our very brief tour with a visit to Hallgrímskirkja, a Lutheran parish church which is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland measuring 74.5 metres in height. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design ... read more