Day 1 Blue Lagoon, part 1
2017年10月22日, アイスランド ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
After a particularly stressful immigration check in (too many people), I made it to the Blue Lagoon just after it opened at 8 am.
The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur andもっと詳しく
Day 1 - part 2 In Town
2017年10月22日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
By the time I left the Blue Lagoon, the sun was out and shining. It was an absolutely beautiful, calm day in town. The temperature was high 40’s. After getting dropped off at my hotel, I changed myもっと詳しく
Day 1 part 3: Northern Lights Extra tour
2017年10月22日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
In an effort to make sure that I did see the Northern Lights, I book my own bus tour for 9 pm – midnight my first night in town. There are many many bus tours offering this effort. My choice was $55もっと詳しく
Day 2, part 1 - City Tour
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Until 6 pm that night, I was still on my own so I chose a 10 am free walking tour (CItyWalk, the #1 Tripadvisor thing to do in Rey.). I had a quick breakfast and scooted out to find the meeting pointもっと詳しく
Day 2-Part 2, City Tour (more)
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
More on the free tour: Hey, did you know that trolls aren’t real but elves are? Elves are not short but look like normal humans. They are happy, have great jobs, and great homes. You can only seeもっと詳しく
Day 2-Part 3 Sightseeing on my own
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
On my way back to the hotel, I went into the Hallgrímskirkja Church and took some pictures. After moving to the second hotel, I decided to walk to some more sites along the coast line.
Pictures: 1-3もっと詳しく
Day 2-Part 4 More sightseeing
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
On the walk along the coast line I saw Solfar or Sun Voyager sculpture, the Harpa concert hall. Note on Harpa concert hall: the windows are meant to look like fish scales. They are also individuallyもっと詳しく
Day 2-Pt 5 I'm too tired to walk anymore
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Then I had to go in the completely other direction to go to the zoo. With time expiring and my legs getting tired, I opted to stop just short of the zoo (not really enough time to enjoy it) and go toもっと詳しく
Day 2-Part 6 Meeting the group
2017年10月23日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Exhausted I made it back around 4 pm and just laid on my bed to rest my legs. My roommate, Beryl, showed up about 30 minutes later. She does some kind of health insurance underwriting. It turns outもっと詳しく
Day 3-part 1 Lava Caving
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
We got up early to pack the van and trailer (for our luggage and the food for our country-side stay) and headed to the Golden Circle, the top touristy thing people do in Iceland. It has waterfalls,もっと詳しく
Day 3-part 2, Þingvellir National Park
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Most of the next 3 days were spent in the Golden Circle and Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site. We stopped to see the faults created by North American and Eurasian tectonic platesもっと詳しく
Day 3-part 3 Geysir
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Our next stop in the National Park was Geysir Hot Springs. There were numerous (and smelly) geothermal pools and the erupting hot spring Strokkur which erupts frequently and not really on scheduleもっと詳しく
Day 3-part 4 Gullfoss Waterfall
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Next we climbed to one of the most impressive waterfalls in Iceland, Gullfoss. This massive waterfall cascades over three “steps” before spilling into a large crevice. Fed by a glacier lake, theもっと詳しく
Day 3-part 5 Farmhouse
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
We then went to our farmhouse lodging at Alftrod Guesthouse to have dinner prepared by Jonas and try to catch the Northern Lights. The farmhouse was sorta like a dorm: 1 living area with kitchen andもっと詳しく
Day 3-part 6 More Northern Lights
2017年10月24日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
As far as seeing the NL with the naked eye, it can be somewhat difficult. It was a bit hard for me to see the different colors. A time lapse picture shows the variations and colors. This night was ourもっと詳しく
Day 4 part 1, Hot Springs Hike
2017年10月25日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Hot Springs Hike (Reykjadalur) Apart from a few stops to see some sights, our only activity today was to take a “short” upward hike (maybe 30-40 minutes) along the scenic Reykjadalur trail. Weもっと詳しく
Day 4 part 2, More Hot Springs
2017年10月25日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
The stream was not smelly at all. Most of us did get into the geothermally-heated springs and vegged out for about an hour. Changing booths (lol) consisted of 2 tall walls crossed in the middle; youもっと詳しく
Day 4 part 3, Back to Farmhouse
2017年10月25日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
As with the day before on our ride back home we stopped at a grocery to buy goodies. It was again a beautiful, sunny day. We then headed back to our farmhouse midafternoon. Jonas made 3 legs of lambもっと詳しく
Day 4 part 4, More Northern Lights
2017年10月25日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Pictures: more shots from my camera (blurry)
Day 5, part 1 Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
2017年10月26日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
After packing up our trailer, we headed to our first waterfall of the day. Seljalandsfoss is a 60m (196 ft) tall waterfall located along the popular ring road. Behind the flow of water is a path,もっと詳しく
Day 5, part 2 Skógafoss Waterfall
2017年10月26日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
We next stopped at Skógafoss, one of the largest and most recognizable waterfalls in Iceland. The 60m (200 ft) high falls forms a constant mist that floats in the air, if viewed in the sunlight theもっと詳しく
Day 5, pt 3 Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike
2017年10月26日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Next, we headed to the Sólheimajökull Glacier where all but 2 of us signed up for the glacier hike (3 hours). This is nothing like the glaciers Rachel and I did in Canadian Rockies. We wereもっと詳しく
Day 5, pt 4 Glacier/Black Sand Beach
2017年10月26日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Heading back to Reykjavik. We drove the scenic southern coast of the Golden Circle. We enjoyed the panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, glaciers and the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Not reallyもっと詳しく
Day 5, part 5 Reykjavik
2017年10月26日, アイスランド ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Back in Reykjavik:The entire group met up for dinner at a bar/restaurant about 30 minute walk from the hotel. I had a chicken sandwich and fries for $20. I had gathered everyone’s email address so Iもっと詳しく
Day 6, Going Home
2017年10月27日, アイスランド ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
It was very balmy at 4:30 am but by the time we had to walk out to the plane to board it had turned cold, rainy and windy. It was fun to see Mike and Lisa in the seats directly behind me. Theyもっと詳しく








































































































































