Blogs from Iceland, Europe - page 27

This morning we were still at sea in our way to Grímsey Island so I went to La Terrazza for the buffet breakfast. After breakfast I headed to the mud room to collect my boots as they needed to be returned this morning. This means we will no longer have any wet landings. We arrived at Grímsey Island at 11:30am. Grímsey is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory. It is a tiny, charming island which is approximately 5km in size. Grímsey is a popular destination as the Arctic Circle crosses through it, so today we have sailed from the Arctic Circle and crossed the line but will have the opportunity to then walk back over the Arctic Circle on this island! After a light lunch on board (trying to cut down!) we were scheduled to head ashore ... read more

Rano se ukazalo, ze i Island vi, ze se nam blizi konec dovolene. Bylo nadherne, azuro, modro, bez mracku a skoro az neprijemne teplo. Rano jsme vylezli na kopec nad kempem. Před 14 dny bychom byli nadseni, dneska to uz bylo jen takove to nemastne neslane „blah“. Ale mohli jsme si odškrtnout dnesni policko v Modrem zivote, ze jsme měli nejaky pohyb. Po navratu jsme vlezli do mistniho bazenu a poradne se odmocili. Pak jsme snedli citronovy chlebíček k obedu (mnam) a vyrazili na cestu. Nejdriv jsme si jeli zajistit splneni nasich 3 prani. Mají tu kopecek Helgafellssveit, u kterého je pohrbena Guðrún (znate z včerejšího dne) a když vyjdete od jejího nahrobku az nahoru na kopec, neotocite se a nepromluvite, tak se vam urcite splni 3 prani. Uprimne, je to trochu prehnana inflace splenych prani, ... read more

V Drangnesu mají svého kamenného trola, takze jsme se na nej sli podivat. Mno, uplne impozantni teda uz není, takze popojedeme. Dostal jsem opet vysadu ridit, coz ukazuje Katcinu odvahu. Ono ale jezdit kolem fjordu je k fsteku. Jedete 15 minut jednim smerem, pak udelate otocku o skoro 180 stupnu a jedete 15 minut zpatky, abyste se dostali o cca 2 km jinam nez na zacatku. A to opakujte několikrát. Kdyby to slo alespoň prebrodit, ale na to jsme nemeli pojistku ani ponornou hloubku… Fjordy samotne takove mirne cajk, ale nic moc speciálního necekejte. Ale turista tu muze trefit jackpot (obrazne… fyzicky trefite maximalne ovci nebo jiného turistu, coz není zadna velka vyhra) – semtam se v fjordu skryvaji ryby, velryby a jiné lochnesky. A pak uz jenom staci mit oka na stopkách. Coz je mirne ... read more

Kdyz vidite na Islandu ovci, tak je to uplne normalni. Kdyz vidite islandana nebo kone, je to trochu vetsi udalost, ale stejne zadneho bludistaka nedostanete. Ale videt tulene? To uz za zaznamenani stoji. Velrybu? Taky. Stado delfinu? Urcite! Slona? Ze vahas... Dinosaura? To uz musite prestat hulit marjanku. Ale pekne poporade. Rano jsme znovu prosli Hveravellirskou geotermalni oblast, protoze bylo vice svetla a hlavne Katka si tentokrat uz vzala fotak. Pak jsme absolvovali zdejsi turisticky okruh k jeskyni (=mensi dira v zemi) a kopecku (=prekvapive polokulovita vec, ked se lave taktak nepodarilo prorazit povrchovou vrstvu). Obtiznost byla, ze by to zvladla i batolata, takze to jako sportovni vykon nemuzeme uplne pocitat. Pak jsme vyrazili zpet na sever. A konecne doslo k te zlomove udalosti, ktera zasadne ovlivnila bezpecnost na islandskych silnicich. Katka me pustila za volan ... read more

I don’t know about others, but I was looking forward to enjoying the warm soothing waters of the Blue Lagoon after yesterday’s belabored walking. It wasn’t that the walk should have been tiring; but, for me it was. It’s bad enough to have the chronic problem with my heel, which at least is being addressed with better arch supports, but I have two toes on one foot that hurts, ankles that seem to like to lock up and knees that seem like they sometimes won’t support me. My legs try to compensate for all of these afflictions, and it makes them very tired in the process. Perhaps today I will get some relief. I awake to Sharon telling me that I will be on my own today. She decided to stay back and enjoy some quiet ... read more