Fatigue begins to be felt. After taking a long time to wake up and get ready, we plan a day with few visits but a lot of driving. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Itinerary Stop 1 : Lake Myvatn Lake Myvatn, immense, is partly frozen. While passing in front of a viewpoint near the lake, JB had the crazy idea to walk on it (seeing tire tracks on the lake). Fortunately this part is really frozen, all ends well. Stop 2 : Grenjaðarstaður I really like houses with grass roofs, it reminds me of Norway, so on the way to Husavik, we make a…

The day starts with 3h10 of non-stop driving from the eastern fjords (see days 6 & 7) to the North of Iceland. Luckily we had a good breakfast today at the guesthouse. The fuel tank is almost full, let’s go! I drove 1h20, on gravel roads, then I had to climb a pass at 90km/h, being overtaken by drivers who were not always very nice (they were too fast). That quickly finished me for the day, JB took over for the remaining 2 hours, very boring because the snowy landscapes are beautiful but monotonous. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Itinerary To view our day-by-day…

Since I’m the one who plans the whole trip, I have fun making surprises from time to time at JB. Part 1: Travel Diaries: Days 6 & 7 Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 6 Itinerary of the day 6 Access my personalized Google Maps map here Stop 1: Surprise The day before, JB was instructed to get up relatively early (7:30 am). At 8:00 am, we take the car leaving all our stuff at the cottage and JB is instructed to take his bathing suit & a towel. As for me, I already wear a bathing suit under my clothes. We follow the GPS and when we…

After an excellent breakfast (buffet) at the Adventure Hotel Hof 1(link Booking), we first visit the two places we passed by quickly yesterday, retracing our steps a bit. We are going to see many, many, many glaciers today, because we are at the foot of Vatnajökull. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Itinerary As usual, the complete logbook & the day by day itineraries are available on Google Maps Stop 1: Vatnajökull Vatnajökull is the largest ice cap in Iceland. It is the second largest glacier in Europe. And one realizes its immensity by approaching it closely. Search Haoldukvisl on Google Maps, you will see…

Today, the program is rather light so we allow ourselves to make a little sleep-in before taking again the road. Our guesthouse does not propose breakfast so we lost moreover time to make omelets, sandwiches of all kinds (including sardines that we brought back from Portugal!) … It is thus only at 10 am that we take the road, in direction of the famous black sand beach Reynisfjara, which we saw from above yesterday Previous episodes : Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Itinerary – day 4 To open this map on Google Maps, click here Stop 1 :…

Previous episodes : Day 1, Day 2 Today, we get up again at 8am. In spite of the clear sky last night, there were no aurora borealis, too bad, we may see them another day. At Julia’s Guesthouse(link Booking) we are served a super hearty breakfast, with eggs from the farm, homemade bread etc. It’s luxurious. We are accompanied by the birds, who are very interested in JB’s plate, and the cat, who comes to get some petting. It looks like we are at home, but better. I really like this guesthouse very much! We put nevertheless 1 hour to have breakfast, prepare the thermos, pack our bags and it…

Today we discover the most visited places in Iceland. Why the most visited? Because they are very close to Reykjavík. Note: if you have not read the travel journal of the 1st day, it’s this way Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Itinerary of the 2nd day To access this Google Maps map, click here Thanks to the 2h difference with France, we have the impression to get up late when it is only 8am. A quick breakfast (with products and ingredients made available to us in the fridge by our guesthouse) and here we go for a day full of discoveries. Stop 1: Thingvellir…

That’s it, in spite of the difficulties linked to the bankruptcy of our airline company Wow Air, we were able to be refunded one out of two tickets (procedure in progress) and to buy back (more expensive of course) other tickets to Iceland. Here we go for 14 days of roadtrip !!!! Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Flight Paris => Frankfurt => Reykjavik Wake up very very early in the morning at 4 am to take the first plane at 7:40 am. The trip lasts almost 6 hours in total, with a stopover in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. You really have to be motivated…