by eliasc64 | Sep 2, 2012 | Destinations, Europe, Iceland, Iceland Trip 2012
We saved the last day to see Reykjavik, a town combining Iceland’s culture with a modern European metropolis. With a population of 200 thousand, it is small but full of life, traditional but trendy and certainly full of surprises. Colorful Downtown Reykjavik...
by eliasc64 | Sep 1, 2012 | Destinations, Europe, Iceland, Iceland Trip 2012
After a good breakfast, we left at around 10:30 to visit the Great Geysir, about 100km east. This the real thing, the geyser, after which all geyeirs are named. It used to blow hot water at 60-70m high – once it reached 122m – but it was clogged when,...
by eliasc64 | Aug 31, 2012 | Destinations, Europe, Iceland, Iceland Trip 2012
We started the tour of the Snaefell peninsula in heavy fog and rain, the worst weather since we arrived. Ten km west of Grundarfjörður, we saw a “Dead Whale” sign on the right. We followed the rough road between the green covered lava fields, facing an...
by eliasc64 | Aug 30, 2012 | Destinations, Europe, Iceland, Iceland Trip 2012
After a short debate, we decided to take the first boat to whale watching, despite the warnings for bad weather, high risk to suffer nausea and not being able to see whales. It was sunny but obviously out in the open, it was rough. We wore the special fishing overalls...
by eliasc64 | Aug 29, 2012 | Destinations, Europe, Iceland, Iceland Trip 2012
Today, the program is rather loose. Breakfast in the room with the super market supplies and then drove to the city for a walk. There was a festival going on, celebrating the 150 years of the city of Akureyri. There were kindergarten kids everywhere, all dressed in...
