Iceland Series: Day 8

If I could sum up day eight of our Iceland trip into two words, it would have to be: hidden treasures. Our day began bright and early as we drove on over to Drangsnes.  Why? Well, I’ve mentioned several geothermal pools and wonderful hot spots that are speckled all over Iceland but Drangsnes geothermal pools…

Iceland Series: Day 7

After exploring the rest of Akureyri, we started up again on our drive along Northwestern fjords of Iceland. Though the hours were lengthy (seriously -probably took up most of our day) and our legs cramped from sitting in the car for so long , the views were entirely worth it. Along the drive we made…

In the Adirondacks

It’s been a while, WordPress! Having not quite completed my “Iceland Series” yet, I’ve decided to put the series on hold to add in a couple posts of my recent road trip with Keaton to the Adirondacks in Upstate New York.  So how did this come about? We eventually wanted to spend some time in…

Iceland Series: Day 6

We started our Sunday off with an early morning walk to a vista by our campsite that overlooked the seemingly small town of Egilsstaðir. Surprisingly the town is the largest in East Iceland and sits on the bank of the Lagarfljót river.  I remember noticing the architecture of many houses that lined the streets noticing…

Iceland Series: Day 5

The majority of day 5 was spent driving for miles and checking out small towns and eateries while rocking out to Björk, Jónsi, and Sigur Rós.  If you haven’t heard of any of these artists, take the time to listen to them! All three implement their unique and broad voices with orchestral arrangements and electronic,…

Iceland Series: Day 4

The past couple of days had been pretty rainy so we were pretty elated to find out that it had stopped.  We took down our tent, ate breakfast, stopped by the Icelandair Hotel Vík to freshen up and headed out bright and early to our first stop of the day: Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. We drove on…

Iceland Series: Day 3

Day 3 had to be one of my favorites.  Although we woke to heavy rain pelting our tent, we didn’t let the inclement weather stop our itinerary for the day.  We woke up early, packed our belongings up, and ate our breakfast quickly in order to make it to the famous Saga Center.  The Saga…

Iceland Series: Day 2

After getting some much needed sleep, we woke up at 8am.  During the majority of the trip Keaton would set his alarm for 8 to ensure that we were getting up and out.  I’ll admit I was pretty lazy about waking up sometimes.  The sleeping bag we brought was pretty damn comfortable. After packing up…

Iceland Series: Day 1

Driving out of Keflavik, we headed south on Route 1 for our first activity of the day: sulphur fields by Hafnarfjordur. Walking along the bubbling mud pits and steam vents, the smell of sulphur enveloped our noses.  This wasn’t the only sulphur field in Iceland as there were more in Lake Mývatn (more of that…

Iceland Series: Preface

Originally, my boyfriend and I had wanted to backpack a few European countries we have yet to visit (among them were Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway…).  But given that we roughly had about two weeks, we decided to scrap the backpacking trip to another time in the future, and instead, focus on just one – which…