We got up at 5 am to make the 40 minute drive to Keflavik Airport to return the rental car at 6:30 am. We couldn’t see any volcano smoke on…
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Category: Iceland 2021
Our travel blog for our 2021 Iceland trip.
Day 12 – July 4 – Reykjavik
The pastries from Brau∂ were so good yesterday that we couldn’t resist going back to try a few more this morning. We hung out in the area on this day…
Read MoreDay 11 – July 3 – Reykjavik
We got some delicious pastries from Brau∂ in the morning and ate them in the Freyja kitchen. Brau∂, with tasty baked goods We drove to take the COVID test for…
Read MoreDay 10 – July 2 – Back to Reykjavik
We weren’t in a rush this morning because we only had around a half-day of driving to the Happy Camper drop-off in Keflavik. We took photos of birds at the…
Read MoreDay 9 – July 1 – Myvatn to Hvammstangi, West Iceland
At around 8:30 we headed out for birding using a list of five locations around the lake from Myvatn Birdlife. We were at sites 1 & 2 last night. We…
Read MoreDay 8 – June 30 – On to Dettifoss and Myvatn
We thought about going back to see more puffins, but we did need to cover a lot of road across the north of Iceland. We hit the road at 7am…
Read MoreDay 7 – June 29 – Puffins
We got an early start heading to Borgarfjörður Eystri and Hafnarhólmi. We left the Ring Road at Egilsstaðir and got onto Route 94 which, except for a few stretches, is…
Read MoreDay 6 – June 28 – Höfn to Fjar∂abygg∂ / Eastfjords Coastline Drive
After our late night, David got up before 9am and photographed the tidal pool that we could see from our campsite. We got a mid-morning start with the goal of…
Read MoreDay 5 – June 27 – Long glorious days
It’s been pretty difficult getting these posts out because we’ve been burning the candle at both ends big-time. It’s always light and we haven’t managed to get into bed before…
Read MoreDay 5 – June 27 – Vík to Höfn / Glaciers / Diamond Beach
We spent all morning in the pretty, lupine-surrounded campground in Vík. We walked to the Bónus market to get a few more groceries, looked at the IceWear store, and had…
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