Trolls and vikings and things
5 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Officially off in the lands of Iceland! We went to the Viking museum (The Settlement Center) in Borgarnes. We learned about Egil the poet and berserker! Do you have the ability to go berserk? becauseEn savoir plus
More more more trolls!
5 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
The troll gardens gave us a great excuse to act like children! We played hopscotch and kickball. Climbed into tiny houses and walked the spinning plank. It was silly as a seahorse (or should I sayEn savoir plus
Up to the clouds! And snow!
6 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
Today we woke up to sunshine in Akureyri! So we rushed out to do a hike. We wanted to be sure we were able to see the views rather than just fog like a good portion of yesterday. (The fog got so thickEn savoir plus
A hot pot in a cold land
6 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
We spent a little time reveling in the view and the fact that we made it before heading back on the long steep path down. We then took a little drive to visit the first natural hot springs (hot pot)En savoir plus
We love a photo
6 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
I am taking way too many photos already but all the places are so great and beautiful it’s very hard not to. Tim Walz was announced as the VP pick by Kamala while on our hike! Feeling gooood andEn savoir plus
Godafoss: Waterfall of the Gods
7 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
First destination is Godafoss which means waterfall of the gods. Named for some guy throwing the pagan gods over the falls when Iceland excepted Christianity instead. It was very pretty and again theEn savoir plus
Volcanic Activity
7 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Next up after Godafoss was the geothermal area, Námafjall. It was STANKY! Like eggs and pee and diaper. Me and Pad lost the others and just walked around gagging away. It was very cool though withEn savoir plus
Anotha One!
8 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Big ol’ waterfall number 3 (i think)! This one is called Dettifoss and it’s known as Iceland’s most powerful waterfall! It’s 44m tall and 100m wide! We were able to look right over the edgeEn savoir plus
The most perfect whales <3
8 août 2024, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
After all that we are doing our whale watching boat ride today!!! After having like the best salmon I have ever had, we were off to the ocean in Húsavík. The bay is called Skjálfandi which meansEn savoir plus
A girl and her goat
9 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Day 6 and we are onto a new hotel. We are stopping at a little farm called Möðrudalur/Fjalladýrð, which gave us the opportunity to be sooo close to the most loving goat I have ever met. ThisEn savoir plus
Bluest and columnest
9 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Next up was one of my favorite places so far because it was so so beautiful. We went to Stuðlagil Canyon. The walls are all basalt columns and the water is ridiculously blue. Some of the columns wereEn savoir plus
Continuing that fancy lifestyle
9 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
We finished off at the canyon and then headed to Hótel Hallormsstaður. Obviously all over Iceland there are free roaming sheep and these drives I got a few good pictures of them. Sometimes there areEn savoir plus
Could it get more perfect?
10 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Today we braved the F-roads which are the mountain dirt roads, basically more risky and bumpy. We just HAD to get to this hot springs WATERFALL!!! When we arrived, there were a few people but we endedEn savoir plus
More perfection
10 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
We wrapped up at the hot waterfall and we were nice and warm and feeling much more confident driving back out along the dirt road. We still had sun so we continued to have stunning mountain andEn savoir plus
Petra’s stone collection rocks it
11 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
This morning starts at Petra’s stone collection. Which by the sound of it wasn’t going to blow my mind but I was WRONG! It was so incredible how this one gal collection over 100,000 rocks from theEn savoir plus
Best find ever ever ever!
11 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Next up was the beach and Viking village movie set. This time we were really right on the ocean and not just a fjord and we got to walk along the black sand and look for stones and bones and such justEn savoir plus
More classic iceland!
12 août 2024, Islande ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Our hotel, Lilja Guesthoise, has a view of the glacier from the front door! Tomorrow we will see it up close but today we are going to another falls, Svartifoss, which is a one mile up hill hike! NiceEn savoir plus
A spiritual experience
12 août 2024, Islande ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
At the Diamond Beach we saw some seals popping their heads out of the water and generally being the cutest things I have ever seen. It felt so arctic and unique to see the ocean with all the ice inEn savoir plus
Another new experience
13 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Today is ice cave day on the Vatnajokull glacier. We strapped on crampons for walking across the surface of the glacier and put helmets on so no ice could hit our heads. Another very stylish day inEn savoir plus
A mossy moment
13 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
We got so lucky with the weather for our morning at the glacier because we actually could see it stretching out towards and up into the mountains. Just as we finished our tour it got so foggy! BeforeEn savoir plus
Beautiful places & beautiful animals
13 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This is the continuation of a big big day! From flowing ice to flowing water we are now seeing another waterfall and gorge. This one turned out to be one of my favorites despite almost wishing weEn savoir plus
Water hot and cold
14 août 2024, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Our days are numbered in Iceland but that’s not slowing us down. We are off first to another hot springs. This one is known as Seljavallalaug swimming pool because it is actually built up as a pool.En savoir plus
Puffins? Puffins!
14 août 2024, Islande ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Next on the never ending list of waterfalls to see is Skógafoss. It’s one of the tallest falls in Iceland and you can see it both from the bottom and the top. The bottom area really sprayed waterEn savoir plus
Too many pics
14 août 2024, Islande ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
I was promised crepes! Second to last day this is the first one. But I think it might be one of the best I have had! It has Prince Polo, Nutella and banana in them! We also went to a noodle place forEn savoir plus
The last day?!?
15 août 2024, Islande ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Here we go again! It’s been a wild ride and definitely one of the prettiest trips we have taken. We are wrapping up with, you guessed it, waterfalls! It’s different to be in the busy southernEn savoir plus




































































































































































































































































