Category Iceland

Ok, it’s Sunday June 1, 2025; our bags are all packed and set outside our door at the hotel for 9:00am pickup. It’s just a short walk to board the bus that will take us to the ship. You can…

Being on the ocean made sleeping a little wonky. The seas were a little rough and very windy. Good thing we all had some Scopalomine and/or Dramamine to help with any seasickness. We woke up to the boat docking at…

We met up with Linda and Tony at breakfast. So nice to catch up. We then headed off for the 2 mile walk to the Perlan Science and Art Museum. Their exhibits let visitors experience Iceland’s natural wonders all in…

It was a languid sort of day; knowing we were ending our adventure around the island by returning to the city and returning the car. We started the day by stopping at a cave house. Being our usual early starters,…

Oh My Gosh, the last full day of our adventure around Iceland! Hard to get our heads around that! We had a nice, leisurely, breakfast at hotel Katla, as it was just a short jaunt into Vik where we were…

We were out the door early because we had an hour drive to get to our first stop – a zodiac glacier tour on Jökulsárlón lake, the deepest lake in Iceland, at 248m (813ft). The weather wasn’t promising, but there…

We travelled quite a ways today. And, a good bit of that was through areas where there was still quite a bit of snow on the ground. So different from what we’ve seen for most of the trip so far.…

Timing is everything, and we nailed it today. After a great breakfast at the hotel, we were excited to see what was billed as ‘the tallest tree in Iceland’, a Russian larch tree planted in 1938, some more waterfalls, another…

We did a lot of traveling today. Thank you Greg for doing all the driving. Most of it seemed like we were on another world. No traffic, no people, no buildings, no trees, no nothing, just the ribbon of 2-lane…

We didn’t go far today. A short ride out to the lava fields at Dimmuborgir, known as the “Dark crags” to start the day. Originally formed from a lava-lake, the area is now crisscrossed with different walking trails offering many…

We had an appointment for a whale watching trip planned for the morning, but before we got to that we made a stop at our biggest waterfalls yet – Goðafoss, (“Falls of the gods”). It’s been getting noticeably cooler each…

Our first stop was a small town called Hvammstangi on the Vatnsnes Peninsula hoping to see some seals and puffins along the way. We were told the seals were farther north but, it was all gravel road up and around…

It was a long day in the car. Good thing the weather was nice, albeit a bit windier and cooler than yesterday. Our trip took us out and around the Snæfellsnes peninsula to explore some waterfalls and small historical villages,…

We picked-up the rental car, squeezed our luggage in (not sure where we’re going to put Ellen’s bag when it arrives), and headed out for our appointment at the Blue Lagoon, one of Iceland’s iconic hot springs spas. The weather…

It was a son-in-law start to our adventure — not what we were hoping for. Welcome to Iceland! The first leg, Phoenix to Minneapolis, was a snap. We met up with Lori and Greg for the leg to Reykjavík where…