Blogs from Iceland, Europe - page 13

Iceland, days 10 & 11 from 22 Wednesday After yesterday's weather fun we were hoping for something more stable weather wise, and on the whole that is what we've had over these two days, albeit at a noticeable cooler temperature than we've had over the last week or more. For the first time on the trip the room Paul had booked comes with breakfast. A delicious selection, cold though of course, of cereals & fruit, local skyr yoghurt, smoked trout, lamb pate & other salamis and cheeses, local breads, crackers, home made preserves, salads... There was also tea brewed from angelica seeds which is supposed to be good for asthma (and colds, bronchitis and urinary infection- don't you love it that herbal remedies seem to always relieve so many varied ailments), which left Pip pondering on ... read more

Iceland day 6 & 7 from 22 No need to be up with the lark on Saturday as we are staying local, ready for a late afternoon treat - or at least when we woke we thought our booking was for late afternoon. Hostel kitchen facilities for our travelling breakfast and then out, just 3km up the road, to what looked like an interesting little local museum celebrating the life of a notable Icelandic author. Cute outside wall to the building, looking like a giant bookshelf (and also a hiding place for a geo-cache). As we were arriving, around 09:10, Paul noted that he had just received an email regarding our "trip" booking for later that afternoon. We were booked for the last trip of the day, 16:20, but the weather conditions were such that the ... read more

Iceland - Day 4 of 22 Hi all After all the lava excitement of yesterday Thursday's progress has been somewhat more sedate. A propos yesterday's blog and pictures we forgot to say that Paul has posted 4 videos to Twitter - his handle there is @airwavey - and to both his & our Facebook pages. They bring over the power of what we were watching. Local news reports today are that the area was evacuated yesterday (Wednesday) though it is now reopened today. The trail we used, however, Route A, is still closed as lava overflowed onto it. ? This morning we picked up our transport for the next 18 days. We have gone with a Dacia Duster 4x4, the same make/model as we used for our rough road driving in Armenia & Georgia in May ... read more

Iceland 2 - Day 2 of 22 Hi all We usually like to accumulate a couple of days at least before trip blogging but..... we are hoping for something quite spectacular tomorrow so thought we would cover just our last 24 hours. Last evening we headed towards the Old Harbour which has in recent years been turned into something of a tourist hub - supposedly. The site info boards certainly reinforce that, showing on the map many exhibitions eg Whales of Iceland, a dozen or more whale / puffin etc boat tours and a plethora of eating places along with various souvenir shops. In reality at this time of year, in this kind of weather, it was actually quite deserted, and frankly wasn't much different when we were in the same area today. In the end ... read more

22nd June 2021 – 29thJune 2021 Well it was certainly a rollercoaster to get here!! First of all we booked a trip to IceIand 22nd – 29th June , but then the hospital phoned up and I was going to have a replacement knee on 23rd June, so the trip was cancelled. After being in the hospital on the 16th June as a standby patient, having various tests etc I was eventually declined because of a graze on my knee! The surgeon wasn’t keen to do it on the 23rd June due to the fact I was going to a wedding on the 2nd July so it was decided he would see me in 4 weeks time for a pre-assessment!! So the first thing we did was re-book Iceland!! Iceland is a ‘green’ country so no ... read more