Feb 22, 2013 - Journée à Reykjavik

Levée et petit déjeuner tranquils, puis début de la visite de Reykyavik : - le vieux port de pêche (où nous avons repéré un resto de tapas pour le soir) - l'opéra, un superbe bâtiment en verre, - une église avec une forme assez bizarre et très épurée à l'intérieur, - une sculpture en forme de bâteau viking sur le front de mer, - des magasins, - etc... Tout sous la pluie et au vent. Heureusement l'hôtel est très bien situé pour faire des pauses de temps en temps. De plus, il est plein dans le quartier des graffitis et de notre chambre, nous...

Jan 25, 2013 - TOP OF THE WORLD

Many travellers when asked what was the one place they'd recommend as a "can't miss" told us - Iceland. They weren't wrong. What a fascinating place, and we could only reach about a tenth of it because of weather! Our plan was to spend almost three weeks here, driving the perimeter of the island known as the Ring Road to see the different regions. We rented a car and headed up the west coast to a small town called Borganes. This, we read, would be the ideal location to see the Aurora Borealis - wide open, dark skies and no mountains to...

Jan 8, 2013 - Flight to Germany

In regards to my flight to Germany I have to say that it was uneventful. I flew out of Seattle with Icelandic Air to Reykjavik, Iceland and then from there to Frankfurt Germany. Icelandic Air is the first airline that I have experienced that does not feed their customers on international flights. You have to buy your own lunch from them. Other that that the flight attendants were really nice and all very beautiful. Somehow inbreeding works for them. Oh, and they name all their planes after some mountain or other place.

Nov 9, 2012 - Reykjavik

Up at 06:00 some computer stuff before heading down for breakfast and to get ready for my pickup from the hotel for my Golden Circle & Glacier tour. I am picked up in a beefed up Dodge truck with big tires for traveling to the Glacier, a stop to pick up the rest of the my tour group, 3 men (2 from Canada Russell, and Spencer and one from Lebanon Jeffery) we are off in the dark as the sunrise today is at 09:38am, we head east from Reykjavik to our first stop Pingvellir National Park where the Icelandic Parliament Alpingi was founded in 930AD...

Nov 8, 2012 - Lake Myvatn, Akureyri, and on to Reykjavik

This morning there is lots of sun shine here at Lake Myvatn making things very Brite reflecting off the snow, as I head off to Akureyri the capital of north Iceland (a town of about 18,000 people) and for my plane that will take me back to Reykjavik. A very nice drive about 90KM from Lake Myvatn through the snow covered lands, seeing lots of the Iceland horse in the pastures along the road, past a few small patches of evergreen trees not native to Iceland but now a few farmers are planting them, most of the trees here are Birch trees and...

Nov 5, 2012 - Reykjavik

Left the hotel in Paris with a sunny day on the R train to the airport to get ready for my flight to Iceland, By the time I got on the plane and we headed down the runway it was raining again, lol landed in airport near Reykjavik it was also raining the carry over from storm Sandy. As it was late evening when I got to airport the day light was quickly fading away as I got on the Flybus to head to the city of Reykjavik a trip of 45 minutes and to my hotel, the day light was gone, got checked into the hotel and then out for some dinner and a...

Oct 30, 2012 - Fire and Ice

Monday October 29th Iceland photos https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152231811760707.921360.746395706&type=3 We at the bus stop outside the hotel just on 9am, the airport bus is due two stops up the road at 9.06, but we are still waiting 40 minutes later so Tony rings the bus company. They say all is running to time, and they will ring back. We are annoyed because it is a premium phone number, so it costs us a lot extra to call them. Twenty minutes later we call back and they say there have been two buses go past our stop since...

Oct 24, 2012 - The land of ice and fire

WOW!!! what more can I say? Iceland is beautiful and I definately have to come back in the summer. Although it is bloody freezing at the moment (no I didn't bring enough warm clothing) and I didn't get to see the northern lights - BOO - and I got see sick on the whale watching tour and didn't see the whales - double BOO - I have had a great time. Reykjavik itself is quite small compared to other capital cities which was expected in a country whose population is approx 800,000. There are plenty of colourful buildings but as they were mainly...

Sep 2, 2012 - Iceland Revisited

@@@@@@@ We had an absolutely fantastic week in Iceland last year in September 2011 and enjoyed flying with Icelandair. We decided to fly with them once again, and thought stopping in Iceland for one night would be a great way to break up the long flight into manageable segments. We had discovered a terrific guesthouse near the airport and planned to rent a car for a day in order to explore the nearby peninsula. Our flight landed around 6:30am local time and the owner of the guesthouse drove the short distance to pick us up. Other guests...

Aug 4, 2012 - day 2 Iceland - Horseback Riding

Woke up this morning at about 8am and left the jet lag behind. Beautiful sunny day today! Went to breakfast at the hotel and found that they had a very nice free breakfast for all guests (cereal, toast, jams, ham, coffee, yogurt, etc). Filled up and Greg played a game of chess with Max (Max won in a grueling battle). Headed back to the room to get ready for the day. Kathleen and Max went to the grocery store to pick up a few items and then we went to the hotel lobby to await our bus to the horse farm. Arrived at the horse farm and got...

Aug 3, 2012 - Day 1-Iceland

ok....try #2! Last night I sat in bed and typed a full page in the trip journal only to lose the entire thing to spotty internet. So here we go!: All we can can say after day 1 is WOW! We had a fantastic flight on Iceland air that took 5 hours and 20 minutes. It was strange getting on board in the evening, flying north into the midnight sun and then arriving at 6am. None of us really slept because of the light and our growing excitement. Iceland didn't disappoint. We arrived to a beautiful breezy and cool day with sunshine and seagulls. The...

Jul 20, 2012 - Icelandic Horseback Riding

After breakfast, we were picked up and shuttled to Laxnes Horse Farm just down route 36 a ways towards Þingvellir. We got our helmets and horses from the staff. My horse with Binko and Sandy's was Harpa. Our group was pretty big, about 20 riders, and soon we took off. I probably should have left the camera as it was just something else to worry about and I wasn't able to take any shots from on the horse anyway. I've only ridden a horse once and I'm a little nervous up there. But Binko was a sweet horse. And a hungry one too. As we headed...