The Reykjanes peninsula is located in the southwest corner of Iceland. It is probably best known for two things – Iceland’s main airport, Keflavik, and the Blue Lagoon. However, there are many more things to see on the Reykjanes peninsula. We spent our last day in Iceland visiting a few Read more…
While we have been traveling, we occasionally do some kind of “big” adventures, that tend to be more expensive. Usually, we are happy that we did them, and feel they are worth the money for these special experiences. One thing we booked ahead of time to do in Iceland was Read more…
One morning, we set of early for the 3 1/2 hour car ride through southern Iceland to visit the Jokulsarlon Glacier. Luckily, we had a scenic drive, with lots of waterfalls to look at on our way. Not to mention, lots of Finn Caspian episodes for the boys to listen Read more…
As mentioned in my earlier post, we took a 35-minute ferry ride to Iceland’s Westman Islands for the day. After a morning with whales, a black sand beach and a puffin, we headed to lunch. The restaurant, Slippurinn, is known as one of the best restaurants in Iceland, and we certainly Read more…
If I had to pick the very best thing we did in Iceland, I would jam our entire day at Westman Island into that “thing” and call that the winner. Hands down the best day. Come along with us while we journey through the day…. Westman Islands, or Vestmannaeyjar, is Read more…
Iceland is full of waterfalls. As you drive down the road, you can see waterfalls everywhere. Every time there is any sort of hill, there is a waterfall streaming down. Imagine every time you have these frequent waterfall sightings, someone (maybe someone you married?) starts singing TLC’s hit song Waterfalls. Read more…
Our first day out of Reykjavik, we went to take in the sights that made up Iceland’s famous 190-mile tourist loop – the Golden Circle. The three main sights of the Golden Circle are Thingvellir National Park, Gulfoss waterfall and Geysir, the original geyser. All of the sights here are Read more…
We arrived in Iceland after a 6 hour flight from Minneapolis. We were heading to Scotland, and opted to take Icelandair’s free “stopover” for 7 nights. The flight from Minneapolis wasn’t too long, but in our case, that was actually not a good thing. The flight was “overnight”, leaving at Read more…