Hello all. On Tuesday night, Teri and I take off for Iceland. This weekend we spent some time shoring up our route, making sure we hit all the places we have read about.
It turns out that Iceland has a convenient highway called the Ring Road that circumnavigates the island. Only two lane, and at times just gravel, it does hit the big spots. The center of the island is uninhabitable, full of glaciers, volcanoes, and elves (80% of the population believe in their existence).
Our trip will being in Reykjavik, which on this map is about at 7pm (near the flag). We will spend 3 nights here, walking around town, heading around the Golden Circle to see geysirs and waterfalls, try Black Death, maybe some fermented shark, and skyr. From Reykjavik we continue clockwise around the island to the Snaefellsness Peninsula for a night. We'll head to about 12pm on the island clock to a town called Akureyri. We are spending 2 nights at a farmhouse bed and breakfast. Up north, the weather is dryer, though it is colder. There are gorgeous fjords, a National Park, and a volcanic lake named Lake Myvatn. We are also spending a night here. We head down the east end of the island stopping for a night in both Seydisfjordur and Vik, before ending the trip back in Reykjavik and the Blue Lagoon.
We will be giving updates through out the trip, and will have plenty of pictures upon returning. In the meantime, enjoy the conventions and the beginning of both football seasons.
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