Blogs from Reykjavík, Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 7

A lazy start to the day, although I did have to pack my bags as I was moving to a new hotel day. i went down for breakfast at 9:00am and enjoyed the fact that I didn't need to rush today. After breakfast I finished my packing and headed down to check out at 11:15, as I needed to get to the #10 bus stop by 11:30 for my transfer to the Blue Lagoon. Today the weather has turned cold and there is the Icelandic mist - not quite rain but you still get wet! I waited for a while at the bus stop and eventually the bus arrived. This bus just transported us to the main bus station, where we then had to get the bus to the Blue Lagoon. I arrived at the Blue ... read more

7pm wake up. Breakfast downstairs (porridge juice fruit) 9am pick up for tour, drive around the city picking up others. Only a small group - 16 people. Our first stop was Pingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park - this is where the tetonic plates of Europe and America are visible and you can stand with one foot in each continent! Absolutely stunning landscape and I will let the photos do the talking. Of course I did manage to shimmy into a crevice and can now say I was in two continents at the same time! This is also where the largest freshwater lake in Europe is - Thingvallavatn Lake. It is 83 square kms and 114 m deep. You can also dive here along the split between the 2 continents. Our next stop was in the Geyser Hot ... read more

Plan byl jednoduchy. Sbalit se, cestou nakoupit v nakupaku darky domu, zajit do centra nakoupit vyhlidnute suvenýry, dat si fish&chips, mozna se podivat na plachetnici, vrátit auto a odletet do teplych kraju. To by ale mistnaci nesmeli naplánovat na dnesek svatek. Takze nakupak byl zcela zavreny a trochu nam tim zmenil plany. A když myslim trochu, tak myslim fakt trochu, protože v centru jsme nasli jiny nakupak, který byl otevreny. Ale ten pocit nebyl prijemny, takze se v ramci terapie z toho tady vypisuju. No a aby toho nebylo dost, tak plachetnice během noci nekam odletla, protože v pristavu uz nebyla. Zrada. Nastesti ale ostatní věci klaply – suvenýry jsme koupili, ryba s cipy byla vyborna, auto jsme v pohode vratili (a lituju další zakazniky, az zjisti – stejne jako my – co všechno uplne nefunguje), ... read more

Ok, I'm back in Ottawa for... like 32 hours haha. Sunday I'm heading back out and flying to the west coast, so I'll be back with the blog then. As for the Europe part of the trip with Mom, that sadly came to an end yesterday - it was glorious to wake up in Iceland on my birthday and eat all the skyr I wanted though :) It's been a really great time travelling with Mom - it's bun fun showing her some of my fav spots and discovering some new ones along the way. I'm really lucky that we travel well together (although I'm sure there are some times she could have lived without my desire to walk everywhere haha). Our flight was only around supper, so we had the morning for me to show ... read more

Most people visiting Iceland for only 1 to 3 days find that the most effective use of their time, to get a reasonably varied view of the different facets of this country, arrange to drive or take a day tour around the Golden Circle. Although we had just returned from 6 days exploring the entire circumference of Iceland, we wanted even more, so we set off in our car to see some highlights of the Golden Circle. Leaving Reykjavik travelling south on Hwy 1, you pass across an area with giant hot water pipes laying on the ground across the landscape. The Nesjavellir geothermal power station is visible, connected to the end of the pipes, and sends hundreds of gallons of hot water per second down the pipes to Reykjavik. Highway 1 drops down into a ... read more