Blogs from Iceland, Europe - page 4

We started bright and early and drove to the National Park. This park is a UNESCO world heritage site, and is the place of the first parliament in Iceland more than 800 years ago. For several hundred years the delegates, their families, and support community would meet for about two weeks in the summer. They camped and fished in the lake. The lake happens to be in the rift valley where the American plate and the European plate are constantly pulling apart from each other. The lake formed when the part in between sank, and is the largest lake in Iceland. The earliest settler in Iceland was said to have arrived in 870. Man it was windy today, serious wind, the kind that is hard to stand up in. Our bus traveled from the American plate ... read more

Dear All Greetings once more, on this my final entry for my amazing trip this summer. I write this one on my fantastic final few days on this summer adventure exploring Viking lands, and they turned out to be a wonderful wrap up to this journey. I was tired and ready to go home, but still had just that little bit of travel energy within me to explore and enjoy my final few sights. On a cool, crisp and seriously windy Monday morning, I left lovely Grundarfjörður behind and set off on my last car journey on this epic Icelandic road trip, heading southwards to Reykjavík, but with a stop off in lovely little Borgarnes along the way. This was a nice little town, in a dramatic location on a peninsula jutting out into the ocean ... read more

Dear All Greetings, in my penultimate entry on my amazing travels through Nordic lands this last summer. I believe I last wrote after having really enjoyed my time exploring the off-beat lands of the Westfjords. In this one I write about my time in the really quite remarkable Snæfellsnes peninsula - this was another wonderful place. I felt a cool vibe as soon as arrived in this unique part of Iceland. The Snæfellsnes peninsula is a long piece of land extending around fifty miles off the west side of mainland Iceland, with a backbone of a mountainous range of peaks, culminating in the amazing, snow- and glacier-covered dormant volcano of Snæfellsjökull on its westernmost tip - the place was gorgeous. I was particularly excited to be there as it is the location of the journey to ... read more

Dear All Oh my goodness! I can honestly say now, with days of evidence in hand, that Iceland is just amazing!! During the first couple of days of my Iceland Ring Road road trip, I had the most amazing time exploring some seriously wondrous locations in the north of this magnificent country. It was just amazing, with each day bringing on something completely different and equally stunning! It was just amazing! Upon leaving East Iceland, I actually felt a little sad to say goodbye to the host of the farmstead where I was staying. He was such a nice, wise and well-travelled guy. He enjoys his solitude on the farm, but also enjoys meeting his visitors when they come during the summer. I felt a connection with him. Still, it was good to move on and ... read more

Dear All This blog entry sends greetings from Iceland! When I arrived in this amazing country, I couldn't quite believe I was there. It is one of those mythical places you often read or hear about, but never imagine being able to visit. I felt the same about Japan, the Galapagos Islands, and now this remarkable island! I had it very much confirmed during my first few days, even hours there, that it is indeed a stunning and beautiful place. I loved my first few days there, and was so excited to explore more! In my last blog entry, I was drying off in my very cosy Air BnB in Hoyvík, back in the Faroe Islands, with the central heating on full blast drying off everything I was wearing and carrying on that soggy day. I ... read more