Blogs from Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 20

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

After a fantastic wedding day we are off on our honeymoon! We flew to Reykjavik with Icelandair from London Gatwick arriving at 15:10. It was quite mild which was pleasantly surprising. Oli strolled across the tarmac in his shorts scoffing at the idea that we hadn’t brought enough warm clothes. The airport is not the most efficient we’ve been through and we ended up leaving the airport at 16:00. Before arriving I had booked tickets with Reykjavik Excursions to the Blue Lagoon, a large geothermal outdoor spa around 20km south of the airport. There weren’t many signs around and we didn’t know where to catch the bus from, so being British we love a queue so we joined the longest queue we could find and hoped for the best. It started to rain, and the temperature ... read more

For the second year in a row, we visited the Golden Circle. We wanted to make it different, and we were able to experience something different at each stop. At Þingvellir, it was different by virtual of the huge crowds. We had to park more than a mile from the visitor’s center at the Oxarafoss parking lot. That meant we got to see Oxarafoss, which was too far for Kai to walk last time. This time, he never once complained about the walking. The gorgeous blue skies didn’t hurt. In fact, it was so warm that I stripped down to my tank top! It must have reached 60° Fahrenheit. This time, we were prepared, with Icelandic cash, to pay for the restrooms. I had intentionally withdrawn cash to pay for both the tolls to Borgarnes and ... read more

After an intense 2 days of sightseeing, we decided to give ourselves a bit of a sleep-in, have a decent breakfast and tour around ReykJavik. For the past few days, we have been eating Skyr for breakfast…Essentially Icelandic Yogurt that is more like cheese. Its really good, but filling! We headed to a great little “Koffihaus” about a block away from our flat. In case I forgot to mention, our place is in a GREAT location in central Reykjavik, walking distance to everything. We had a nice breakfast, latte and decided to start with the Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour. I’ve done these in a few cities and they are great especially for getting you bearings. This one wasn’t quite as remarkable, but we got to see the city and it got us to the locations we ... read more

Well, it seems that this is the end. Saying goodbye to those 35 dogs was heartbreaking. Each one of them looked into my eyes as i said goodbye, except Trooper, who was more interested in Moonlight who was laying down near him. I left the kennel on Sunday night after coming to the decision with Siggi because Monday is one of the biggest travel holidays of the year with lots of traffic. I got to do 2 tours, my last one at midnight. My final team was Hammet and Anubis in lead, behind I had Caesar and Franka followed by Nanook and Taiga and Narnia with Nilak in wheel. As it would go, the tour was awesome and the sunset was one of the best we've ever had. When we got back to the kennel I ... read more