Keflavik Travel Blogs, page 2

First day of travel is always a long one...

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik August 3rd 2017

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The first day is always the most hectic day. Rush, rush, rush just to have hurried only to wait. I love traveling for travel's sake, but all the security protocols and corporate protocols with airlines makes it rather miserable, but I toughed it out. Made it to Iceland where I have a 2.5 hour layover which is unforutnaly not enough to venture out and see anything so in the airport I sit have a Gull (an Icelandic beer because what more appropriate). So from here on to Copenhagen, Denmark. I'll be nice to get to my destination, but the space between in my favorite. Ciao for now... read more

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Amazing Iceland 1 of 3

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik May 30th 2017

Everyone's favourite!

Grey haired nomads

Amazing Iceland 1 of 3 Why on earth did we choose to come here, Janice? We were up at 2am to catch the 6am EasyJet red-eye from London Luton. It’s now 9am and we’re sitting in our LHD automatic hired Renault Megane in Keflavik under a leaden sky with the temperature gauge pushing 4C : it’s raining like the bath’s overflowing and there’s a mighty north-easterly blowing off the arctic across a bleak barren landscape threatening to blast the hinges off the doors should we venture outside the car. And the sign on the airport luggage-trolley said ‘A Warm Welcome – It’s in our Nature.’ We should have gone to the Bahamas. There are no song thrushes to wake you from your slumber on a bright spring morning on Iceland, or nightingales to lull you to ... read more

Freezing cold and a wind to knock your head off!

Just warm enough for the glaciers to calf

Paluumatka

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik May 5th 2015

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Heräsin jo neljältä. Kun en saanut unta, niin menin kuudelta aamupalalle. Kyyti kentälle lähti klo 8.45. Oltiin turhan aikaisin, koska ei päässyt heti lähtöselvitykseen. Ennakkotiedoista poiketen kentän automaateilta tulostettua sai myös SAS-yhtiön lennoille tarvittavat paperit ja tarrat. Jormalla oli jo aamulla selkä kipeänä ja maha sekaisin. Lennolla tuli vielä kuume. Mittari näytti koneessa 38,4 ja ennen Tamperetta 39,1. Oslon kentällä join vain vettä. Jälkimmäisellä lennolla otin viinin ja söin vasta Vantaalla jotain. Islantiin voisi mennä joskus uudestaan. Jos menen, niin sitten kesällä, jotta pääsee varmemmin kiertämään maan ja näkemään missä on vihreää. Nythän kasvukausi ei ollut vielä alkanut ja vihreää näkyi vain etelärinteillä parissa paikassa.... read more

Nú er ferðin til Osló að hefjast

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik March 21st 2015

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sigurdur

Klukkan er 06:37 og ég bíð spenntur eftir brottför kl. 07:35... read more

On Our Way!

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik July 2nd 2014

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MaxAndRebecca

We've landed in Iceland and are at the airport waiting for a bus to take us to the Blue Lagoon!... read more

Arrival of the Descendants...

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik September 22nd 2012

IcelandAir (Our Plane)

Sian3030

I have finally made it….well to Iceland at least. The joy of this part of my journey is that I am with my 18 year old son, my mom and my aunt. With my family I am discovering a piece of my heritage and a little hesitant that the stories of my heritage may not be as glorious as the stories that I may have made up over time for myself. We arrived and the first thing of note is that the people of Iceland are very kind. Icelanders are very friendly. I have gone into countries with high expectations and have become very disappointed, so despite my love of this country I did come a bit guarded on what I would really experience (I will talk about Italy next week as it will be my ... read more

As Far As Iceland

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik July 19th 2012

The Group At The Blue Lagoon

Edison Wildcats

It is rather incredible just how much a group can pack into one cycle of the sun! We left Seattle "this morning" (Wednesday) at about 4pm and flew with the sun which never set. We arrived here in a barren yet lush Iceland. Volcanic rocks blanketing the landscape. The surroundings remind me of many other locales, the hills of Scotland, the sharp volcanic earth of the Big Island of Hawaii and even the short cropped dry grass of Malta. It is a place like no other, yet like many others, a true dichotomy of design. We arrived at 6:30am and easily made our transfer. It was a bumpy approach through the clouds toward the steaming earth, full of geothermal goodness that would play a pivotal role in the remainder of our day. After a half an ... read more

The Golden Circle

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Keflavik July 1st 2012

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Jenni

Day 1 – We arrived in Reykjavik at 11:45pm on Saturday night. It took a while for the luggage to come through, and I got some cash at an ATM while Jeroen waited for the bags. Next stop was finding Fox Rent a Car, operated by Atak car rental. Atak, love it. Luckily Jeroen was looking around and saw my name on a sign. It was Omar, from Atak, and he drove us to their office, about a minute away. We decided to upgrade to a 4x4 car, even though it was tiny. The terrain in Iceland can be bad, so we went for the car. We finally got out of there at 1am or so, and went searching for the bed and breakfast we had chosen near the airport. Since we are so high in ... read more