Blogs from Northwest, Iceland, Europe - page 8

Greetings from chilly, windy, rainy Iceland - nice land! So refreshing to be in the fresh air (temps this morning were 9 degrees celsius! - not bad!) - beautiful, clean city - awesome, clear, tasty drinking water. We landed at about 4:30 p.m. - had a big tail wind that got us in earlier. One of my photos (look really close!) has a shot of the ice building on the window by my seat on the plane - I knew we were coming into MY kind of temperature! Landing was perfect - getting through airport was perfect - bus ride to hotel was perfect and comfy.........we're happy campers. This is my 3rd trip to Reykjavik - and I love it. Put it on your bucket list - summer or winter. It's unique, friendly, modern, clean and ... read more

It was summer, and it was cold ... Well, it is called Iceland after all. Truth in advertising perhaps? Stykkishholsmur is on the Northern tip of the Snaefellsnus pennisular, on the West of Iceland, and deservedly earned the title "Stormy Stykkish". It's very pretty, if you can stop to notice it in between shivering and hiding from the wind.... read more

For our eleventh day in Iceland it was quite a lot of driving. First we headed from the tiny little town over some mountains and we noticed that we didn’t see any other cars for the first hour or so of driving which made it very nice. We had found out that the weather was going to be pretty bad for the rest of our time in Iceland so we got moving to a peninsula that goes of the north which is supposed to have many seals. The first spot that was recommended to us had nothing so we kept driving but our next place we got very lucky along with a hand full of other tourists. They were laying around taking life easy until they headed out fishing jumping through the water which looked pretty ... read more

Le 18 mai, Ce matin, nous avons la chance de nous réveiller avec le soleil. La chance de Carlo s'arrête néanmoins là. En effet, au matin en allant visiter la salle-de-bain, il a oublié de barrer la porte et a fait la rencontre d'une charmante touriste inconnue. Je me demande lequel des 2 était le plus surpris de la rencontre! On déjeune puis on se rend au hangar où se trouvent les bateaux de rafting. La dame de l'hôtel nous avait fortement suggéré d'apporter un gros polar avec nous et de mettre notre maillot de bain sous nos vêtements. Jusqu'à présent, rien de trop compliqué. Vient le moment d'enfiler le wet-suit... et là, c'est une vraie partie de plaisir... on doit enfiler le wet suit par-dessus le maillot ET le polar... des heures et des heures ... read more

We had a great day in Isafjordur Iceland on Fri. Mom and I were up early in the Lido for juice and to watch the scenic cruising of isafjardaandjup and Jokulfirdir. It was a bit cloudy but very pretty. We then headed to mass, breakfast in the Dining Room, and a port talk on Isafjordur and Reykjavik. It was then time to grab a quick lunch in the Lido before heading down for our Fjords and Flowers tour. We drove quickly thru town (not hard since it was a small town) and then headed towards a tunnel. I know you’re thinking how could a tunnel be so interesting but it actually was. This tunnel is about 6 miles long and links the fjord to two other fjord towns. It’s a one way tunnel so on the ... read more