Doing an Ice Caving tour was high on our to do list when visiting Iceland, but we thought that because our trip was in the summer months that the activity would be unavailable. Surely the ice caves would melt when the weather was warmer? Our initial searches did confirm this was mostly a winter activity. … Read more
The Blue Lagoon is the iconic postcard image of Icelandic tourism, and often the very first thing people will learn of discovering Iceland for the first time. With many bucket list destinations there is a risk of it being over hyped, and the experience just not living up to expectations. But for us the Blue … Read more
A black sand beach, full of broken up ice that sparkles like a sea of diamonds. Doesn’t sound real, does it? We had to go see for ourselves that it was not only real but that it would sparkle just as much in person as it did in the carefully curated photos we had found … Read more
With Iceland being a modern European economy, there was one major thing we noticed was missing after covering hundreds of miles on our road trip through the south of Iceland. We did not see a single McDonald’s! Yeah I know, if you are eating McDonald’s while traveling you are missing out on the cultural immersion … Read more
A road trip around Iceland has been at the top of my must-do list for many years and I went into this trip with such high expectations. Now as I look back at our experience I can say that it far exceeded those already lofty expectations and simply blew them away! I have been in … Read more
We have put together a list of information that we wish we knew before planning our Iceland road trip. I use the term planning loosely. We just figured things out while on the road and used free WIFI wherever we stopped to eat to plan the next leg of our journey. No landmarks or recommended … Read more