Today was our last day (well, half day) which we spend doing some last minute exploration near the guesthouse and port area. Here are a last look at a few of the nearby buildings as we made our way to the Harpa Concert Hall. This first one is our guest house. The entrance is the white door people were coming out, just to the left of the double brown doors. It was a...
Today was our lazy day as we had no set plans until the evening. One of us was up early for coffee & breakfast and the other three trickled down to breakfast at their leisure. Once everyone was around and ready we walked to the downtown area, which is where we started out our first day. In addition to shopping, we had a few missions to...
What a day this was!!! We headed out to territory unknown today – the southeast coast. Our first stop was at Gljúfrabúi and Seljalandsfoss – beautiful waterfalls within the same area. Gljúfrabúi is unique because it doesn’t fall over the side as most do, it drops into an opening that is mostly obscured from passers by. We didn’t go in to take...
Another day of adventure for the Collins/Groves combo! It was mostly a day of driving so our narrative is a bit brief. Today’s journey was to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula on the west coast of Iceland. The peninsula has an amazing array of topography – mountains, waterfalls, lava fields, dormant volcanoes, beaches – as well as agriculture (it’s hay...
Day 2 was a long, busy day. We picked up our rental car in the morning and headed out for the Golden Circle – Þingvellir National Park, Geysir, and Gullfoss – with a few extra stops along the way. Just getting there was an adventure – the car is a diesel with variable transmission therefore shuts off at a complete stop, the gear shift is on top of...
First full day in the land of ice and fire! We are honored to have Tim’s cousins – Sondra & Blake Groves – join us on this short adventure. Tim’s birthday and Sondra’s birthday fall in the same week so this will be one heckuva celebration week for them! The temperature when we landed was an amazing 48 degrees (43 with windchill); quite a contrast to...