Iceland - a travel blog

Earth, wind and fire We wake up to a grey and rainy morning. After breakfast we go back to our room to prepare our route through the city. Most of the highlights are not that far apart so we can connect them on foot. Only a museum, Perlan, is a bit further out of town. It consists of 6 water circular tanks that are nowadays exhibitions rooms. From the roof you have a nice view of the city. We decide to first finish all the landmarks in the city and before going to the volcano stop by Perlan. Our first stop is the city hall which is located near a lake and the entrance has a walkway over the water. It looks very nice, although a lot of birds like the walkway as well to rest. Most of the railing and floor is full of bird poop. Inside the city hall, there’s an 80m² replica of Iceland. Everything looks modern and the model is impressive. A bureau worked for several years on it and every hill or mountain is made up out of different layers of what looked like plaster. Almost like the who...

A breath-taking hike After a short and terrible night, we wake up to our last day in the countryside of Iceland. As of tomorrow, we'll be back in Reykjavik to spend the last moments of our amazing trip.  Although we could have slept long this morning, we woke up early. The planning today is quite relax: we have to drive only 1h30 to Reykjavik, so that leaves plenty of room to do another nice activity today. We can choose between a walk on a mountain in the area of Akranes that provides a great view on the nearby fjord and ocean. Or we drive a bit further to do a more adventurous hike to the Glymur waterfall. The hike would take about 4 hours and it's recommended to take some spare shoes because you have to cross a river. Because the sky this morning is overcast and the clouds aren't that high, we decide to make the adventurous walk.  After breakfast in the lobby of the motel, we set off our last walk in nature. This is something we hadn't meticulously planned from the s...

Taking off Finally the day is here: September 4th. We've been counting down the days to the start of our adventure. Having seen many pictures of Iceland our expectations are high.  Around 10AM we head to the airport to catch our flight Brussels - Keflavik. On the boarding passes it says Reykjavik, and although Reykjavik does have its own airport, Keflavik is Iceland's biggest international airport about 30-45' drive away from the capital. We board our B737-900 Max from Icelandair, and after a quick 'hi' to the flight crew we take our places.  When the plane starts descending we stare outside the little window, hoping to catch a first glimp of this island. Unfortunately the cloud cover is rather low and it's not before we're over the ocean again, preparing for our inbound turn, that we can see something. At around 3PM local time we set foot on Icelandic soil and quickly arrive in the baggage reclaim area where we are welcomed by a huge puffin breaching throug...