Besides our impromptu weekend camping trips, I can’t think of any vacation that Pie and I have done that has been a kick-back-and-relax type of vacation. Our vacations, both big and small, are always action-packed, and our 12-day Ring Road … Continue reading
The eleventh day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland was our last full day for activities. Technically, we had already completed the Ring Road early on Day 9 because we wanted to circle back around to the active volcano … Continue reading
We woke up in the parking lot to the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the tenth day of our Iceland Ring Road trip because we were hoping the foggy weather from the previous day would clear up and we could hike to … Continue reading
Things were starting to wind down by the ninth day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland. We had just spent several hours the day prior driving through the Westfjords region and we still were only halfway done with the … Continue reading
The seventh day of our journey on Iceland’s Ring Road was probably the least eventful. After our travels the past few days, we were beginning to see why the south coast of Iceland was so popular; much of the Ring … Continue reading
It wasn’t until the sixth day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland that we realized that our “small” Land Rover vehicle that we were camping in wasn’t really as bad as we had expected it to be. I had … Continue reading
Our fourth day on Iceland’s Ring Road was our most action-packed and favorite day (besides visiting a volcano on Day 1). The previous day, we had passed by several sights that were on our Ring Road must-see list because we … Continue reading
We started the third day of our Iceland Ring Road journey with the one and only activity/sight that hubby chose during our whole trip, Gígjagjá, aka Yoda Cave. I’m very much a planner, whereas hubby is laid back and likes … Continue reading
On the second day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland, we awoke eager to see what our first campsite looked like in the daylight. The previous day we got a bit carried away and spent over six hours visiting … Continue reading
After booking our August trip to Iceland, we spent several months not knowing whether we would get to see a once-in-a-lifetime bucket list item, an active volcano with lava! We had visited Iceland in 2018, and although the country is … Continue reading
Back in May, pandemic life had finally started to look less doom & gloom and the metaphorical rainbow at the end of the road was appearing when the COVID-19 vaccine came out. Hubby and I spent hours scouring for appointments … Continue reading
After spending six days in Iceland, we were looking forward to our next destination, a tiny set of remote islands owned by Denmark and located in the Atlantic Ocean halfway between Iceland and Norway. When our short, 80-minute flight arrived … Continue reading
Before visiting Iceland, I had envisioned grey, foggy landscapes with volcanic rock covered in snow year-round and engraved with hot springs. While Iceland is famous for its hot springs and is indeed a sparsely populated country, its landscape is actually … Continue reading
When hubby and I decided that our next vacay should be one where we had to use our passports, I immediately had one place in mind that I had been drooling over from social media photos for several months: the … Continue reading
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