Iceland and first TAW stop – a quick recap About Iceland:We loved:* the scenery. Jaw dropping gorgeous. And that’s considering we’re already super spoiled with what we get around Geneva. * the solitude. It’s high tourist season and we never met any crowds. Anywhere. Just beautiful nature, fog, rocks, sunshine, moss à gogo, lava, more rocks, […]
Iceland
Getting lost in Iceland
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 […]
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 […]