Written by UK Flower Girl on October 12, 2009
- Mention Iceland and all sorts of images are conjured up. Ice-covered land, glaciers, wilderness, cold, volcanoes, geothermal activity to start. As an American living in the UK, I have flown over Iceland several...
Written by UK Flower Girl on October 10, 2009
- Tom, Sofia and I left our house for the 100 mile drive to Manchester Airport where we would be departing on Icelandair for the Keflavik Airport outside of Reykjavik. Everything went smoothly with check-in....
Written by dangaroo on April 20, 2009
- Elding is the no.1 whale sighting tour company in Reykjavik, running boats from their harbour every couple of hours, you will likely be handed a leaflet at some point or another during your stay in...
Written by dangaroo on April 16, 2009
- During our trip to Iceland in the summer of 2007, Myvatn was our first place of stay - 300km along the Iceland ring, going anti-clockwise from the ferry terminal. I've reviewed Lake Myvatn seperately, so...
Written by Emily Marie on August 12, 2003
- Iceland seems to make a tourist killing off puffins. The small penguin-like birds with colorful bills are on T-shirts, postcards, magnets, and the like. Many stores even sell stuffed puffins, although I've never seen anyone...
Written by msusman on April 7, 2001
- Everyone speaks English. I didn't want to be the type of
tourist who assumes that everyone will speak English, so
I tried to learn a few words, but I couldn't find any good
pronunciation guides or phrasebooks....
Written by msusman on April 7, 2001
- I slept longer than I meant to (after an overnight flight,
landing at Keflavik airport at about 6:30 a.m.), so I
didn't get to downtown Reykjavík until 3:00 p.m. On the
walk from my hotel...
Written by samepenny on January 2, 2001
- Iceland is a land of surprises. Whatever dreams and expectations you have likely will be met, surpassed and tripled as every bend in the road brings something new to see.
We were 'shlepping' along...
Written by samepenny on January 9, 2001
- Iceland is not entirely ice covered all year long, but the weather is variable to say the lease. Based on personal experience and the warnings given in every guide book I've seen, do not...
Written by samepenny on November 14, 2000
- We fetched Hofn after 2 days on a wild north Atlantic ocean. The harbor at Hofn (I apologise for not having the correct type fonts) is one of the very few on the Europeon...
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