Category Archives: Iceland

Day 7: West Iceland / Snæfellsnes Peninsula / Reykjavik Grundarfjörður / Kirkjufell / Kirkjufellsfoss Reykjavik  Hallgrímskirkja Church Harpa Concert Hall Baejarins Beztu Pylsur Laugavegur shopping We woke up early to drive to Snaefellsnes. We went straight to Kirkjufell, it’s funny because without Waze, even if it’s the most photographed mountain in Iceland, we could’ve missed itContinue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 7 – Snaefellsnes Peninsula”

Day 6: North Iceland / Reykjavik Akureyri Reykjavik We were originally planning on doing West Iceland and Snaefellsnes Peninsula for this day, but because we fell in love with Akureyri so much, what with the amazing light show the night before, we decided to stay in town a little bit more, and just drive backContinue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 6 – Akureyri / Reykjavik”

True enough, while we were eating at the restaurant, around 730pm, I saw something outside. I asked G and he said it’s only a reflection of the light from inside the restaurant, but I felt different, teehee! So I went out without my jacket on, and there I had, one of the most surreal andContinue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 5 – Northern lights”

Day 5: North Iceland Seydisfjordur Myvatn Nature Baths  Godafoss Akureyri So turned out, Seydisfjordur was really nice. Our airbnb lies on a foot of a mountain, and it faces a lake on the other side. It was beautiful, especially while watching the sun rise.  And so we were right, the drive was gorgeous as well,Continue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 5 – East / North Iceland”

Day 4: Southeast / East Iceland Skaftafell / Vatnajokull National Park Jokusarlon Glacier Lagoon  Hofn Seydisfjordur Originally, we really wanted to join a tour to see natural ice caves, but we found out that these are only offered from November to March. And then we thought of doing the glacier walk, but at the end,Continue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 4 – Southeast / East Iceland”

Day 3 : South Iceland Skogafoss Skogar Museum Vik Reynisfjara black sand beach Fjadrarglijufur Kirkjubæjarklaustur  Skaftafell Hotel Skogafoss is located so close to Skogafoss, in fact, the view of our room is the waterfall itself, now I could get used to that! The restaurant of the hotel shows a panoramic view of the falls and theContinue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 3 – South Iceland”

Day 2: Thingvellir National Park Geysir Gullfoss Seljalandsfoss  Skogar  We woke up early even if we lacked sleep – we were up by 3am because it was already around lunch time in Manila. We called the kids and showed them the house. We miss them already! Agenda for the day is the Golden Circle –Continue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 2 – Golden Circle”

Keflavic International Airport to Reykjavik – pickup car rental from SADCARS Check-in at Airbnb in Reykjavik Explore downtown Reykjavik and Laugavegur – shopping street in Reykjavik After 3 time zones and 26 long hours, we finally arrived! We got picked up by our car rental guy who happens to be a Pinoy and Visayan namedContinue reading “[Travel] Iceland Day 1 – Arrival / Reykjavik”