We left our little cottage for the most scenic route ever – I tried to film it multiple times but my photographic skills clearly weren’t up to the task, nothing I shot came even close to the stunning landscape and colors. We wanted to stop in a small coastal town which looked cute on paper […]
Author: Shiela
Knock, knock, knocking on Santa’s Door….
46km from the Arctic Circle, 2662km from the North Pole. I can definitely say that I’ve never been this far up before! After our trek adventure, we continued along the ring road to the Vatnajökull National Park, which was about a 4 hour drive from Reykjavik. The weather being pretty terrible with thick fog and […]
Iceland’s culinary surprises
We heard so much about below average food in Iceland that we were preparing for the worst. I always choose my holiday destinations by the quality of the food so this was a necessary sacrifice to discover Iceland as its tourism explodes. net: low expectations. Even lower in terms of getting our daily vegetable fixes […]
Iceland – Fimmvörduháls & Laugavegur trek
It’s 9:44 and we’re finally ready to set off. Bags on back, walking sticks in place we head straight up the stairs to the top of the Skógafoss falls – that’s only 63m up but I’m already in pain! only 21.94 km to go for today… The kids each carry their sleeping bag, snacks and […]
Heavenly avocado key lime pie and more
Kaktus’ amazing avocado key lime pie: avocado with zesty lime, creamy and not too sweet, on a crust of crushed almonds and dates. Can’t wait to try this st home – soooo delicious. Dinner was an equally lovely discovery in laid back Forettabarrin. Hot smoked salmon with wasabi crème fraîche, beetroot date salad and crispy […]
Yummy Reykjavík and pretty Skógar
July 9th – After a 4 hour flight and 2 hours time difference to our advantage we land at Keflavik at 8:30am. It’s a roughly 1 hour drive to downtown Reykjavík where we drop our bags to go hunt down a nice lunch spot. Fortunately, and to our pleasant surprise after everything we’ve heard about […]
D-13 hours: Iceland, here we come!
Incredible how much you can fit into a 55l backpack. Incredibly little. 😆 https://vimeo.com/user100589541/review/346853199/ee3ac6aa50 https://vimeo.com/user100589541/review/346858731/c126f8dc4f At only a few hours from departure everyone is in the starting blocks – can hardly believe this is actually happening!!! Feeling very lucky. Thank you to all our lovely friends who have been cheering for us – and hopefully […]
Which vaccination?
Vaccinations was a bit of a hot topic for me. From a scientific point of view, there was no question that the benefits for outweigh the consequences. However, as a mom, if there is even a shred of possibility of severe effects, I had to research this more in depth. The argument is all around […]
The “parcours”
20+ countries, thousands of miles. Let’s see how much of this itinerary will have changed in the end!! We start our 54 week journey with a 2 week Iceland round trip where we will kick off immediately with the 92km Skògar to Landmannalaugar 5 day trek – yikes! Then we head southwest to Central America, […]