Iceland

ICELAND: part 4

To see where we visited on days 0-2, check it out here, for days 3-5, here, and days 6-8, here.        Day 9: Reykjavík (shopping, Harpa)    This day was spent mostly shopping and eating, and a planned show at the Harpa (Icelandic Sagas: The Greatest Hits). First up was breakfast at Grái Kötturinn (which means “the Grey …

ICELAND: part 3

To see where we visited on days 0-2, check it out here and for days 3-5, here. Day 6: Grjótagjá; Goðafoss; Akureyri; Glaumbær     Leaving Mývatn, we decided to make a stop at Grjótagjá. Game of Thrones fans may recognize this from season 3, episode 4. Spoiler: the waterfall in the movie scene doesn’t actually exist). Grjótagjá is a small lava cave with …

ICELAND: part 2

For the “road-trip preliminaries” and the places we visited on days 0-2, check it out here🙂    Day 3: Reynisfjara (Black Sand Beach); Fjaðrárgljúfur; Diamond               Beach; Jökulsárlón (Glacier Lagoon)   After surviving the crazy wind the night before at Vík, we headed to Reynisfjara, or Black Sand Beach. Notice I never got close to the …