One of the reasons why we rented a car in Iceland is because we knew we wanted to explore the Golden Circle at our own pace. Our trip itinerary only allowed us to have three and a half days in Iceland so we hit the ground running by driving to Read more…
Following our trip around the Golden Circle we drove two hours east to our hostel in Vik, a small fishing town by the southern coast, with a population of slightly over 300. Our hostel here was the Puffin hostel. Easy to find due to Vik’s small size, the Puffin hostel Read more…
Iceland. The Land of Ice. The Ice of Land? Iceland was on both of our bucket lists and we decided that we could fit in a short visit after stopping in England and Ireland during a two week vacation. We were only there 3 full days and one half day. Read more…
For the latter part of our trip we based ourselves out of Reykjavik, the island’s beautiful capital. We learned that Reykjavik loosely means “smoke bay” and was possibly named by early Icelandic Ingolfr Arnarson when he noticed the steam from the area’s geothermal activity. We loved Reykjavik and Brad felt Read more…
The Blue Lagoon. To do or not to do. That is the question. When googling things to do in Iceland prior to a visit, most travelers will see this colorful locale come up in the first few suggestions. For those who do not know, the Blue Lagoon is a man-made Read more…