Blogs from Iceland, Europe - page 143

Well, I´ve arrived in the windswept and remote fishing village of Grundarfjörður at 8.43pm! Long bus journey from Reykjavík to get here but I was greeted warmly by the guy who owns it. I went whale watching this morning and got photos of some Minky Whales. It is in the poorest possible taste that the whale-watching ships actually dock on the opposite side of the pier to the whaling ships... it´s sickening. Anyway, i´m sat using the computer as the wind rattles everything and the sun goes down but I feel better than I thought I would having left the bright lights and bustle of Reykjavík behind. This feels more like I thought Iceland would. I had a really vivid dream about being at home last night, featuring just about everyone I could think of and ... read more

Well money was getting a bit tight by now so I decided to opt for day pass at £10 per day and that I was going to get maximum value for money. So I got up at 7am, had brekkie and headed to the thermal pool and left there by 9.45 to get the first bus to town. I decided to head to the biggest museum first- the National museum of Iceland. It told me EVERYTHING I ever wanted to know about Iceland and was one of those cool interactive museums where u could press loads of buttons (ok so Im a big kid- nothing new there!).Anyway from there I wandered around Rekjavik city centre and then finally headed towards the settlements museum. Did you know whereas 70% of Icelandic women originate from UK, 80% of ... read more

Decided to do a tour- the Golden Circle tour as it seemed best way of doing as much as possible. 8 hour tour broke the bank balance at £50, but did get to see a lot and it was definately worth it! The tour took me to some of best known natural phenomenons in Iceland! I went to UNESCO heritage site of Pingvellir. This was the site of the first Icelandic Parliament (in 930 AD) making it the oldest known functioning parliament in the world. It is also cool in that its where the tectonic plates of America and Europe meet, but are slowly drifting apart. I then saw the most beautiful waterfall of Gullfoss, which was saved by Icelands first environmentalist. We then saw where Geyser got its name from- the first identified,but now inactive ... read more

Well my birthday started at Gatwick airport having been to pub with a few crazy mates the night before in London. So at 2 am on my birthday Im opening up the cards- sorry Ricks card won the prize this year FUZZY FELT CARD (you have to see it) closely followed by my housemates rabbit card..... Out of 5 scratch cards in Ricks mums card I won a £1! oh well ..... So go through customs and get onto the BA flight- surprisingly comfy, leg room and food etc- god what a change from my usual budget airlines!! Arrive in Iceland and head to my hostel- Brilliant!! Then spent the afternoon in geothermal pool- talking to some people from Nottingham of all things- so relaxing... but it was an eye opener.. Let me explain- in Iceland ... read more

Around the world in 6 days Europe » Iceland » Reykjavík By rosy59March 22nd 2007Rosemary Shanks Had a very surreal travel experience in March when i spent 2 days flying to Iceland from North Queensland Australia, 48 hours staying there and then 2 days for flying back again. So i left on Thursday morning at 6-45am and arrived in Iceland on Friday 4-00pm their time, via Brisbane, Sydney, Hong kong, Heathrow and then into Iceland. In 48 hours i managed to see most of what was on offer in Reykjavik, thanks to Barbara and Jana, Asta and Solveig and Rosa and her family. I stayed in a wonderful apartment in the old part of the town, got driven around all the tourist an... read more