Blogs from Akranes, Southwest, Iceland, Europe

There’s something rather nice about lying in bed all wrapped up warm listening to the rain hammering on tent canvas, or in our case van roof, all night. That’s what we had last night. The only main problem is no loo in this van but I made Ian park right outside the loo block so a mad dash over isn’t too bad. It’s not so nice to hear the rain hammering when you are about to get up. Loo dash is essential so it has to be done. We had hoped to do a nice walk this morning then go to the swimming pool. But the weather is not nice. Black clouds overhead. We have a slow start and debate an alternative. We have a slight break in the cloud and decide we will go whale ... read more

Vcerajsi den sme zobrali skutocne dovolenkovo. Rano sme sa boli kupat v Hofsose. Maju tam dva bazeny s geotermalnou vodou priamo na utese nad morom, takze okrem prijemnej horucej vody sme mali fantasticky vyhlad rovno z bazena. Potom sme sa uz presuvali ku poloostrovu Snaefellsnes. Ten sme mali v plane preskumat cosi dokladnejsie, tak sme chceli prespat co najblizsie pri nom. Cestou sme len parkrat zastavili ked nas nieco zaujalo. Inak sme len prebehli popod West Fjords oblastou, kde turisticky atraktivnych veci az tolko nebolo. Dnes rano sme teda vyrazilo na vylet okolo poloostrova a miest na zastavenie a fotenie bolo teda viac ako sa dalo stihnut. Okrem kraterov, lavovych poli a krasnej plaze sme ale konecne nasli aj naozaj fotogenicky majak a absolvovali prehliadku lavovej jaskyne. Ta s tymi nasimi doma nemala okrem tmy a ... read more