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Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík July 13th 2018

Before leaving Akureyri, we walked around the town a bit, stopping at a stand selling locally hand-made Icelandic wool products. Chris bought a toque and Adrienne bought a pair of specially designed Beer Mittens. One cruise ship was docked in Akureyri’s pretty harbour and that became apparent as a lot of other tourists walked along with us up about 150 steps to Akureyarkirkja, or The Church of Akureyri. Built in 1040, it towers over the city up on a high hill. We continued further uphill through a beautiful neighbourhood of 1926 homes and on to the most northern botanical garden in the world. Completed in 1957, it is very popular with locals and tourists. We left Akureyri, driving up Eyjafjörður fjord, the longest fjord in Iceland. The views are spectacular and it was only a short ... read more
The Beer Spa, near Dalvik
Dalvik
Seaside thermal pools at Hofsos

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík July 10th 2018

I decided to spend my last days visiting as many hot springs as possible, including Reykjadalur, a geothermal river that you can swim in (although, by swim...I mean sit, as it's very shallow). It was really cold, windy and raining when I did the 1 hour-ish hike to the river, but still absolutely fantastic as you pass all sorts of interesting geothermal things along the way. Sitting in the river letting the warm water run by was unique and really peaceful...getting out was definitely the challenge :)... read more
Eiriksstadir - replica Viking Longhouse
Eiriksstadir - inside the Viking Longhouse
Deildartunguhver, the most powerful hot spring in Europe (I have no idea what the measure for "powerful" is though)

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík July 9th 2018

We are home after a great trip. The final two days we based out of Reykjavik and were joined by Michael's friend Sam, from England. On Friday Sam and Michael headed for what is known as 'steam valley' and found the river near the town of Hveragerdi that is full of hot pools to soak in. One of the great things about this trip was Michael's ability to search for little known hot tubs, including one that even our host, Thor, had never heard of. While the boys soaked Thor and I went to Lake Tingvallavatn, the largest lake in the country to try our hand at fishing. We were chasing Artic Char, a relative of salmon and trout and while we did not catch any, we had a great time. The tricky part about fishing ... read more
Fishing
Where the earth grows
Michael and Sam where The Hound was left for dead

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík July 7th 2018

Although our Air Canada arrival into Iceland was a few hours late, due mainly to severe thunderstorms in Toronto, our Premium Economy seats and service made for a comfortable trip. We flew along with our friend Adrienne on our Aeroplan points for a 2-week Intervac home exchange stay in Reykjavik, the capitol city of Iceland. As all the booze is apparently quite expensive in Iceland, we took advantage of our Toronto flight delay and dropped by the Duty Free shop at Pearson airport to pick up some of our favourite items. If you don’t have a similar opportunity, I’m told that the Duty Free shop in the Iceland Keflavic airport also has more affordable prices, so some shopping on arrival is on many itineraries. We had pre-purchased airport to Reykjavik transportation online from Flybus Airport Transfer ... read more
Harpa concert hall
Perlan
View of Reykjavik from Perlan

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík July 1st 2018

We arrived in Iceland at 5 a.m. after an easy flight with WOW Airlines from Pittsburgh. When we landed the scenery let you know immediately you were in parts unknown! For miles around the airport are lava fields, flat, almost barren. Closer inspection reveals that the purple hues are Lupins, stretches of them, planted for conservation reasons and considered by some to be an invasive nuisance. The lava rocks are also coated with green and red lichens and moss, which were are later told is a result of climate change--twenty years ago the rocks were a barren grey. Today, as it is warmer, the ground covering plants are gaining a foothold. We quickly passed through one of the easiest immigration checks ever--"are you staying in Iceland?" "Yes" "Fine, go ahead", passport stamped. We picked up a ... read more
Michael the viking
Welcome to the President's house
Downtown Reykjavic

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík January 12th 2018

Diese schöne Gefühl, wenn der Wecker klingelt, man aber noch liegen bleiben kann, weil man keine Verpflichtungen hat... Irgendwann bin ich dann doch aufgestanden, um noch was vom Frühstücksbuffet zu bekommen. Motto: Iss so viel wie du kannst, wer weiß wann es wieder was gibt ;) Am Tisch zwei nette Mädels aus Amerika kennen gelernt, die aus North Carolina kommen. Vollgefressen dann einfach nochmal hingelegt, man gönnt sich ja sonst nichts. Als um 12 Uhr (Ortszeit) erstmals die Sonne durch die Wolkendecke schien, bin ich sofort raus in die Stadt. Gestern auf meiner Anreise konnte ich noch keine Eindrücke sammeln, da es total dunkel war. Aber ich musste nur 5 Minuten laufen und war schon überwältigt. Dafür, dass ich komplett ohne Plan 3 Stunden durch die Stadt geirrt bin, bin ich mir sehr sicher, das beste ... read more
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Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík January 11th 2018

Habe mir extra den Wecker auf 5:30 Uhr gestellt, damit ich auf keinen Fall Stress bekomme. Nach einer gemütlichen Tasse Tee musste ich mich von meinen Geschwistern verabschieden, da sie zur Schule mussten. Es folgte ein kleines Frühstück mit meinen Eltern. Dann der Aufbruch um 8:00 Uhr nach München. Die Fahrt war nahezu frei von Staus und Hindernissen. Am Flughafen angekommen realisierte ich zum ersten Mal so richtig den Ernst der Lage. Nachdem ich meinen großen Rucksack aufgegeben habe, saß ich mit meinen Eltern in einem Cafe im Flughafen. Der Abschied von meinen Eltern war der Schwerste. Nach der Sicherheitskontrolle hatte ich noch ca. 90 min Zeit, die ich dafür nutzte, mich bei Airbnb zu registrieren und eine Wohnung für den ersten Monat in Vancouver zu suchen, erfolgreich! Schließlich kam die Meldung, dass aufgrund der schlechten ... read more




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