Iceland
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Cairns in Laufskála
There will come a time, I hope soon – how soon is soon? – when we’re released from the grip of this pandemic nightmare and we’ll be free to travel again. For the time being, I can…
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Missing Iceland…
As the chaos and death caused by the coronavirus pandemic is still disrupting travel, with many stories abounding of problems encountered by travellers, we hang on to home base, await better times, explore not too distant surroundings,…
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The south coast of Snæfellsnes
The south coast of Snæfellsnes is where we saw Iceland at its spectacular best. Búðir A lava field leads to a golden sandy beach, at the edge of which you will find a hotel, a black chapel, and various…
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The north coastline of Snæfellsnes
Unless I go back there, I will always associate the northern coast of Snæfellsnes peninsula with high winds and generally bad weather. On both occasions that we went exploring thereabouts we were practically forced by sleet and…
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A brief stop in Reykjavik
So on Easter Sunday we drove to the northernmost capital city in the world, Reykjavik. I had read in various places that it’s the place to be: happening, vibrant, dynamic, the usual stuff, but Iceland has so much…
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Those elusive Northern Lights
But first, Keflavik We arrived on Easter Saturday – now why isn’t it called Easter Eve, I wonder? – and spent the night at a guesthouse in Keflavik. Our plan was to spend Easter Sunday in Reykjavik,…
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Like a different planet
It’s an outrageously expensive country, the weather is horrible, but it’s fantastically beautiful. At the Djúpalónssandur beach I remarked to my wife Sue that it felt like a different planet. Thoroughly exotic. Iceland is famous for volcanoes, the…
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