Neither hail nor sleet, but with hot springs, and shipwrecks!
According to the weather man, it was supposed to be fine and partly sunny, partly cloudy… So, Harry Hyundai set off on a short adventure… only to be caught within about 30 minutes of our departure in the first of two hail storms! But, weather cleared… and the landscape was stunning! We then went in …
My Viking Un-Birthday
My birthday was on September 13th, but as I was curled up painting and generally unplugged from the world, the first time I went down to the restaurant for dinner after my birthday was a couple of days later… and little did I know I would get gifts, a cake with sparkler, and a Viking …
My Lovely Birthday in Iceland
I am in Iceland at present, and I was in quite the quandary about how to celebrate my birthday weekend this year… Would I: Go to somewhere like the Blue Lagoon? Stay in one of those ice hotels or similar? Go on another road trip? While all those options and more sounded interesting, the fact …
Who needs the Blue Lagoon?
Yes, the Blue Lagoon may be a natural wonder, but it also comes with astronomical entry fees and gazillions of people… So, who needs the Blue Lagoon when one has one’s own private geothermal hot tub?! It was like entering another world… Magical! This place (Hotel Viking) is not only gloriously lovely, but the staff …
Borgarbyggð
Just over an hour north of where I am staying is the lovely peninsula of Borgarbyggð – but while the area is lovely, the main reason for this little adventure was to check off another of my Walter Mitty locations… Papa Johns. Scene from the movie: …and in fact it is a bakery! After some …
Iceland’s Westman Islands
Although it was rainy and misty when I left home, by the time Harry and I made it to the main island, it was brilliant sunshine… This type of sight anywhere else would be thought of as pollution – here it is merely steam… I always think these car ferries look like crazy parrots with …
Iceland Road Trip – homeward bound…
…and finally homeward bound… This is actually a gas station! (just the pump – the shed is locked) Notice the incredible cloud bank sitting on the horizon… …and back in time for dinner where this cool character was my dining companion… ~ Bella
Minjasafnið á Bustarfelli
Leaving the land of heart-shaped traffic lights… ~ Bella
Santa’s Icelandic Retreat
…and I discovered why Santa was hitchhiking… He has a retreat in Iceland… These next two photos cracked me up – perhaps someone had trouble with the brakes??? 🙂 This entire place made me smile… ~ Bella