Blogs from South, Iceland, Europe - page 6

We had quite a few plans for today before we met our tour in Vik at 11:00, so we got up early and were on our way shortly after 8. A short drive from our hotel brought us to Seljalandsfoss Waterfall. A very tall, beautiful waterfall right next to Iceland's main ring road. We put on our waterproofs (rain pants and jackets) and went to walk around the falls. You can get all the way behind these falls, which is pretty cool (and wet). We walked behind the falls (I went all the way around) enjoying the view and the spray before heading on to our next location, Skógafoss. Skógafoss is another huge waterfall close to the ring road. It's wider than Seljalandsfoss, and although you can't get behind the cascade, there's a path leading up ... read more

Hello from Iceland – Blog 1 Canberra/London/Iceland Before you start reading the blog we want to say a big hello and super hugs to Lucas, Flynn and Liam. Also hi to Ollie. So we have tried the direct flight from Canberra and it is a no brainer – straight to Singapore. Not sure if Singapore Airlines think it will last given the aircraft is a bit old and the seats are a bit on the hard side!! But that said they have plenty of space and the flight was very smooth. Premium Economy from Singapore to London was much more comfortable and the extra touches were appreciated. Did note however that the quality of food and booze on SA was not quite what it used to be – more European type food and ordinary wine. Arrived ... read more

Drove to the url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skogafoss+Waterfall/@63.5314751,-19.5135328,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48d73b9c99ea5019:0xd3774676fcda8b91!8m2!3d63.5314751!4d-19.5113441Skogafoss Waterfall (1 hr 55 min from Reykjavik),url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dyrh%C3%B3laey+Arch/@63.4128032,-19.1510622,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2725ca255462e772!8m2!3d63.4022069!4d-19.1307163Dyrhólaey Arch lighthouse (30 min from Skogafoss) the black sand beaches at url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Reynisfjara/@63.415255,-19.1495639,12z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sReynisfjara+Beach!3m4!1s0x0:0xe07954a3f4b36bd5!8m2!3d63.4057421!4d-19.0716219Reynisfjara Beach (23 min from the lighthouse), and on to url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fja%C3%B0r%C3%A1rglj%C3%BAfur/@63.771279,-18.1740046,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48d0e5f0594291dd:0xa420ecc1716... read more

Day 4. Time is flying and yet we also agree that if we wrapped up the trip now we'd be fulfilled. Today was special even by Iceland standards. They call this place the land of fire and ice. Don't know about the fire part - no active volcanoes at the moment thank god - but we got to experience the ice part first hand today. Started out with an amphibian boat (aka frog boat) on the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. Icebergs calve off the main Vatnajökull glacier (the largest glacier in Europe) at an increasingly alarming rate and float into this Lagoon that didn't exist 80 years ago. The good folks of Iceland live the impacts of global warming every day. It makes for amazing pictures as white and blue icebergs laced with dark stripes of volcanic ... read more

Heute sind wir relativ früh, also gegen 08:00 losgefahren. Zuvor habe ich noch die beiden etwa 0,3l-Gläser Bier von gestern Abend bezahlt. Die haben über 20 Euro gekostet. Wenigstens war es isländisches Bier vom großen Gletscher. Heute habe ich dann im Supermarkt für etwa 6 Euro zwei 0,5l-Dosen Tuborg Bier aus Dänemark mit etwa 2,25% Alkohol gekauft. Isländisches habe ich im Kühlregal nicht gefunden. Nach der Abfahrt sind wird zur Gletscherlagune Jökulsarlon. Diese ist sehr sehenswert und es haben dort schon zwei James Bond Filme gespielt. Dort haben wir eine Bootsfahrt gemacht. Das war ganz interessant und ist auch nach Lonely Planet ein großes Highlight. Anschließend sind wir zum Nationalpark Skaftafell wo wir teilweise zu einem mittelinteressanten Wasserfall gewandert sind. Es haben nicht alle Teilnehmer den ganzen Weg geschafft, ich aber schon. Aber wie schon vor ... read more