Snorri's Guesthouse Reykjavík

... winter as well since no one stays there and you have great views of the northern lights. Problem is that there could be a heavy winter storm that will leave you stuck for a few days. Following lunch, Reckna asked us if we wanted to go for a hike. We could follow part of a 40 hour hike (that is popular in the summer) by cutting through the mountains from the lodge in front of us, to another one on the other side. She ...

... to make a whirlwind trip to the Mall of America but decided not to tempt fate), We all arrived within minutes of each other and caught the bus into Reykjavik. We stopped for a short tour of the main bus terminal in Reykavik (Mary had read too much information so didnt listen to the bus driver tell us to stay on the bus until the last stop). (Bus terminals all over the world have that lovely Greyhound ...

How do you fancy downing a cup of cod liver oil? Making an **** of yourself trying to do press ups when you've quite blatantly got NO upper arm strength? How about landing face down whilst running with a bag of sand? Fun times... haha.

The Jamboree's theme was "On a Viking Trail", hence the "Viking Games". I mean, although I'm quite sure Vikings didn't compete for who could down cod liver oil ...

... Dino, un Coreen bien sympathique! Tellement copains-copains que nous avons partage une simili-biere ensemble devant un match de l'Euro. Nous sommes heureux de constater que, meme dans les plus loins recoins de l'Europe, les gens continuent de se donner pour le soccer: il y a un stade professionnel juste a cote du camping et on entend les foules et nous avons lopportunite de regarder tous les matches de l ...

... the glacial fields of the island's interior. We weren't prepared for the scale of this either, as it seems (to an Australian at least) like half of Iceland's water must be tipping down this monster river plain and over one enormous waterfall, in all its raging glory. Although probably not as big as Niagara or the like, the volume and noise of the cascading ...

Claude arrives on the afternoon of Friday, 13th July. I have emailed him to have his bathers ready as we will go to the Blue Lagoon directly from the airport. We drive the scenic way, through a massive lava field, and up to a rocky black cliffs overlooking seagulls nesting on cliffs and rocks in the water, and take a few pictures, frightening ourselves by standing as close as we dare on the overhangs. Blue Lagoon is amazing - it's a large commercially run place, but that doesn't detract ...