Iceland: Travel Day, Kidka, & Sour Cream Doritos
On our way out of Akureyri, we shot a picture of the Jón Gunnar Árnason’s metal sculpture titled “Sigling” (Sailing). Árnason’s metal sculptures have become synonymous with their locations. Another famous one in Reykjavík is called Sun Voyager. We had a lot of ground…
Iceland: Botanical Gardens, Christmas House, & Forest Lagoon
We planned to have only one full day in Akureyri, and this day was it! I arrived with two priorities: the famous Christmas House store and the Forest Lagoon thermal spa. We booked our entrace at Forest Lagoon for 7 p.m. We decided we…
Iceland: GoT Cave, Mývatn Nature Baths, & the Big City
After departing the wonderful and magical Möðrudalur campground, we made our way toward Iceland’s second largest city and the capital of northern Iceland, Akureyri. We looked forward to spending the next two nights in an Airbnb apartment in the “big city” complete with laundry…
Iceland: Eastfjords & a Magical Campground
After all the excitement of seeing the northern lights from our campground in Höfn, we slept well and took off on our long drive north. We had not decided on our next campground for that night, and we didn’t really have a plan for…
Iceland: Glaciers, Diamonds, and Northern Lights
After all the pizza and breadsticks the night prior, we slept very well at the Vík campground. We had to park close to the road where the non-electrical hookup vans parked, and we had a lot of road noise and lights throughout the night….