Blogs from Iceland, Europe - page 134

(seguimos, que voy enchufado con el blog...) Después de una noche de juerga y de dormir una hora escasa, nos dirigimos Gerard, Silvia y yo hacia el aeropuerto doméstico de Reykjavik donde nos esperaba un vuelo hacia Westman Islands, un archipiélago situado en el sur de Islandia. Por primera vez íbamos a un aeropuerto andando estando éste a escasos 500 metros del apartamento. Muy listo yo... Al "llegar" nos indicaron que estábamos en el hotel del aeropuerto y que la terminal estaba al otro lado, a unos 40 minutos pie. REGALITO! Así que adiós al sueño y hola al taxi que tuvimos que llamar. Bueno, todo por no perder el avión... Que no lo perdimos, y de sobra. Tan de sobra que cuando llegamos el vuelo se había retrasado una hora por causa del viento. ¬¬ ... read more

Reykjavik was the base for our 3 day trip to Iceland over the last bank holiday in May. We arrived in late, but of course it was still very light; we only had 4hrs of darkness, very strange experience. On our first day we got up early and headed to the modern huge concert church, but unfortunately it was covered with scaffolding. I suppose like most churches in capital cities all round Europe. We did manage to get up the top of the sprier and get a great view across the city. Interestingly there are only 300,000 people in Iceland, so this capital in Europe was relatively small. Thus walking down the main street to the wharf didn’t take us very long. Very soon we were out on the salty sea looking at the delightful little ... read more

Iceland is such a beautiful, unspoilt country. The views are spectacular since there aren't really any trees to get in the way! The water is delicious and it's just natural phenomenon after natural phenomenon. Alice and I did the Golden Circle Tour with Iceland Excursions. The hot chocolate at the Geysir café was the best deal. 200kr but free refills! I just wish I knew that beforehand so I could’ve bought it at the beginning of the stop rather than the end! Nuts. I don’t know how Icelanders survive there with the extremely high cost of everything but they do. I mean, a hamburger/fries/drink combo at a fast food joint costs about $15cdn!! That’s crazy! We managed to do the Silfra dive and touch two continents. The Silfra dive lies between the European and American tectonic ... read more

A glorious trip to Iceland with a group of friends consisting of 4 South Africans and 4 Aussies. Iceland, it seems, is a brilliant place to go for a swim - Silfra and the blue lagoon. Local food is another story entirely! The most spectacular moment was the Silfra dive - a dive in a crack between the American and Eurasian continents. The plates are drifting apart, apparently, at 2cm per year and the lake is made of melting water from a glacier so the visibility is unbelievable. It also proved to be useful when we were thirsty. The dive was all in a dry suit - a new experience for all, since the water was around a mere 3 degrees. After diving through the continents, the second dive was in the Silfra Lagoon which was ... read more

Whoever said that Greenland was Ice and Iceland was Green was wrong. There is plenty of ice in Iceland. There’s a reason why they offer cheap flight and accommodation deals to Reykjavik in March, it’s bloody freezing! Reykjavik itself is pretty small and there’s not a huge amount to see. But we were told that in the summer time when they have virtually 24hr sunlight, the city comes alive and they pretty much party 24/7. Unfortunately for us, it was not summer time. It was spring and the city was still a little dopey eyed coming out of winter. So after arriving and pretty much seeing what there was to see in an afternoon, we decided to take the well known “Golden Triangle” tour of the surrounding area. Iceland is a geologists dream, there’s all sorts ... read more