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17 août 2022, Islande ⋅ ⛅ 10 °CSome of the hotels in Iceland leave a bit to be desired...!
Some of the hotels in Iceland leave a bit to be desired...!
We checked out Akureyi today - Iceland's second city, avoiding the toll tunnel by taking a 15 minute scenic mountain drive. Whale watching was great as the sun was out as were a couple of humpback.En savoir plus
So many wonderful waterfalls here. This one was particularly powerful. And wetting.
A circular tour today. First up Husavik, where we went to the impressive whale museum. Whales are big. And, according to the video narrated by (who else?) David Attenborough, they are also clever. WeEn savoir plus
As it turns out, bubbling pools of sulphur are really, really smelly. So much so, that you feel the urge to bathe in the stuff. Very surreal to see people outside bathing in hot milky water. Felt lessEn savoir plus
After me beating James at chess (actually rather more the other way around!), we went to the Factory Car Museum to see one of only two cars manufactured in Iceland and then James had a bounce on aEn savoir plus
One small issue with our hire car. When the satnav says turn left sometimes it means turn right. But not all of the time.
A week on Iceland and have finally found beer nirvana. And a brilliant hotel. And a car museum. We like Breiodalsvik.
We're now in East Iceland. Some very impressive scenery as we drove, including majestic fjords. We saw a turf rooved church at Hof, an amazing view of the ocean at Hofn (one letter makes a bigEn savoir plus
Another hotel another wonderful setting. Very comfortable - but poor choice of carpet and pelmets on the curtains…. 😅It’s all about the detail!