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March 29th 2013
Icelandair flies into Keflavik International Airport. The airport is about 45 minutes away from Reykjavik by bus. When I arrived at 6:30 AM (2:30 AM by my biological clock) I had no local money and only a vague sense of where I needed to go. The passport check and customs was a joke. I am not sure if the boarder officer even looked at my passport, instead just passing it through his scanner and asking me when I planned on leaving. Customs appeared voluntary and I just walked through the “nothing to declare” line without so much as filling out a statement or anything. There wasn’t even a guard that I could see, although there were several cameras. This is not what I expected. As soon as I left the duty free area (turns out that ... read more
March 27th 2013
Goodness! Are we still talking about that eruption in 2010, Eyjafjallajokull? Even now that we are expecting Hekla to erupt? Hekla is never so serious as the one 3 years ago so no worries. However, yes, we are still talking about that eruption in 2010. So many people got stuck in Europe because of that and some even got to know each other because of that. I’ll tell you a story. A young woman lives in Canada and a young man in England. They need to be in contact because of their work, send e-mails, talk on the phone, but have never met even if they have worked together like that for some time. She went on a holiday to Asia and at the same time he went to Canada, holiday or not, doesn’t matter. The ... read more
February 23rd 2013
I am a lucky traveller - spending just 5 days in Iceland - I got 5 sunny days. Different sources quote different statistics - but all of them agree that there are just a few days/weeks with clear sky per year. I share few shots of this amazing country - its pristine nature and amazing views.... read more
January 27th 2013
Snow + candy + hot dogs + beautiful snowy mountains + amazing architecture and design everywhere + pickled fish + kind people = one amazing trip to Iceland. There wasn’t one big event, one huge tour, one main sight that made me love Iceland – it was all of it smooshed together that created an amazing experience – one that I hope to repeat as soon as possible. We landed, took a bus to the hostel and then sat there at about 8:30am in the dark of night staring at the ground in a jet-lagged haze wondering what to do until we could check-in at 2pm. Not being afraid of the dark and not wanting to waste any of the four days we had in Iceland, we layered as much as possible while slightly feeling like ... read more
January 9th 2013
Day 1: Greater Area Reykjavik Sightseeing. After waiting a mere hour & half, the tour company (which forgot our reservation) arrived to drive us to the City tour in order to "visit some of Reykjavik's most remarkable sites!" (Per tour description). The “remarkable sites” include the local hospital and public school buildings, both grade schools and junior colleges. Leif Erickson did not attend school here; No one famous graduated here, George Washington did not sleep there. So, I am at a loss as to why these are on the tour. We waited patiently while the guide took two phone calls from his teenage daughters, and picked up and dropped off his friend. My favorite "site" was the house of a relative of some politician who parks her car in the red zone of fire ... read more
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Waterfalls, Geysers, Puffin and & Reindeer!
Published: April 7th 2013Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík
December 1st 2012
We rose and after a quick breaky, we wandered into town to do our staple souvenir shopping for (1) an Iceland shotglass and (2) a postcode that jumps out at Rach. We were a little early for the shops to be open so we got a drink from “Te & Kaffi”, I used my extensive Finnish language skills to determine that this was where Icelanders bought their teas and coffees from…they made a pretty good skinny latte too. After sipping on our coffees and finding the ‘right’ postcard, we realised we were running slightly late for our hotel pick for our geysers & waterfall tour! So we scampered back quick smart and just made the bus in time. We commenced our tour out of Reykjavic and within a couple of minutes the snow started. The landscape ... read more
Icelandic Horse Riding, Blue Lagooning and Attempted Northern Lights!
Published: April 7th 2013Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík
November 30th 2012
Ah we had the best sleep last night! We woke up to our alarm at 9.30am and we were both dead to the world cos it was so pitch black outside!! We had a quick breakie downstairs cos the horses were awaiting our arrival! They picked us up at 10am for our Icelandic horse riding expedition but it was absolutely pitch black and made it feel like it was about 3.30am and we just wanted to go back to bed! They drove us about an hour to Islenski Hesturinn horse riding where we met the loveliest couple! After teaching us about the little Icelandic horses and how they are so disease free they don't even need to have jobs over here in Iceland. But as soon as they leave the country for a race or anything ... read more
November 29th 2012
Off to Iceland for the weekend!! We decided obviously it wasn't cold enough in Edinburgh - Let's crank it up a notch!! We were pretty excited and had booked a few tours etc through Iceland Air and got areally good deal on flights and hotel - £300! Which we were stoked about as we had both heard it was crazy expensive! So the weekend before we went out shopping for winter woolies. I bough a ridiculous new hat with ear flaps and gloves that were much too big my hands got lost in them, and Ben got a new beanie and gloves also! We were ready to go! We landed in Iceland and we were surprised to see it actually wasn't much colder than in Edinburgh but grey and wet which wasn't that nice. We landed ... read more
November 27th 2012
The amazing country with: the Blue Lagoon, Thermal springs, geysers, falls, volcanoes, Ring Road, black Beach, Thermal beach, Deep sea ridge, and Northern Lights. You can rarely find them all together elsewhere. Also, Iceland has Hofdi house where is best known as the location for the 1986 summit meeting of presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbatsjov, a historical event that effectively marked the end of the Cold War. Iceland the country with the unique features: the Northernmost country in the world, one of the most peaceful, safest country. Northern Light, one of the natural wonders. North America and Eurasia plates joint. Blue Lagoon. Midnight sunset country. Party-joyful-most capital Reykjavik, Thermal hot Beach. The most volcano European country, 130 volcanoes Golden tour di vieng: Geysir(Nuoc phun len tu long dat) . Tieng anh co tieng Geyser, nuoc ... read more
Trip to Reykjavik, Iceland from 29 june 2012 untill 2 july 2012
Published: October 19th 2012Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík
October 19th 2012
Hi, my big passion is wild animals and for as long as I remember, I'm passionated by nature. However, there is one type of animals I like above all: whales, and especially the humpback whale and the blue whale. Therefore, I decided in the winter of 2012 to finally go and search whales for myself. In the spring of 2012 , I therefore booked a short trip to Reykjavik Iceland, from the 29 june 2012 untill the 2 july 2012. Both of my parents wanted to come with me and so be it. Friday 29 june 2012, after my last exam in my second year at the Catholic University of Leuven, our plane ( a boeiing 757) took off to Kevlakik, Iceland's international airport. There's a different timezone in Iceland compared to Belgium,and so we landed ... read more
