But first, a word on bread. Iceland has amazing bread, pretty much wherever you go.  I swear they are all bakers. Almost every place we’ve stayed has homemade bread out at breakfast, and whenever you order fish soup at a restaurant they bring you homemade bread. My favourite bread of all has been the geysir […]

Have I mentioned that the majority of Icelanders believe in elves and trolls? More than believe in God? Being here, I can kind of see why. Also, I am sure I have seen somewhere that they read more books per capita than any other people in the world. Certainly it is a nation that still […]

Today was like a line from a Dickens novel – the best of times, the worst of times. Mostly best. I started the day by trying to find Iceland’s most famous person, but it was a dead end. After breakfast – which included some milk straight from the cows – we drove to Husavik, a […]

I forgot to mention my other “Game of Thrones” story. When we did our glacier hike our guide told us that the scene where John Snow, recently captured by the beautiful red headed woman in Season 3, walks through an icy snowy crevasse for days on end, was filmed where we did our glacier hike, […]

Whoo-wee! Our days are so full. Have I mentioned I freaking LOVE ICELAND?? There aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything. We woke on Wednesday to this: A patch of blue sky! We started our journey toward Skogar on the south coast, stopping at an old volcanic crater. As we got closer to […]