Iceland

During our trip to Iceland, we didn’t make any advance plans for activities. We had a general idea of what we wanted to visit each day and specific times that…

When I started to search for places to stay in Reykjavik, my first move was to look if there was anywhere I could use my stash of hotel points. Pickings…

If you’ve been reading our blog for any length of time, you know that we sometimes focus on the more quirky stuff. Joe and I each have wide varieties of…

When we visit a new city, I’m always excited to try new restaurants. We don’t necessarily look for a cuisine specifically from the area. That’s how we found a great…

After a day of sightseeing, we headed to our next stop located about halfway across the southern coast of Iceland. There are a few larger hotels in the bigger towns…

On our first day of touring the southern part of Iceland, we had several stops on the itinerary. After leaving Hotel Laekur, we headed east on the Ring Road (Highway…

International travel at the moment requires passengers to keep up to date on constantly changing COVID rules. Vaccination and testing requirements can be confusing and have been known to change…

On our first day in Reykjavík, we walked from our hotel to the harbor. It was cold and windy, with just a bit of rain, so we didn’t feel like…

If I were a Twitch streamer, I’d tell my watchers that for our Iceland trip, “I’m going in cold.”  That’s mostly true, since despite using a travel agent and having…

For visitors based out of Reykjavik and only staying in Iceland for a few days, the most common route to see a lot of what the country offers is the…