Icelandair Hotel Herad Egilsstadir
Midvangur 5 - 7 Egilsstadir, 701, Iceland
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A journey around Iceland: 4) North Iceland
Our journey around the Ring Road continued as we headed north on the eastern shore of the island towards North Iceland. (I've again chosen to describe our experiences here in sequential fashion). During this relatively short stretch we encountered the worst weather of our trip, with exceedingly strong gusts of wind and intermittent rain. By our …
Fantastic Fjords ( not a Holden to be seen)
. Day Five Tuesday 6 September
Today we explore several fjords in the mountainous region of Eastern Iceland. First off is the seaside village of Seydisfjordur which according to Lonely Planet is a must visit. It is necessary to travel via a high pass and then descend alongside the waterfall river of Fjaroara. It is very picturesque made up …
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Sight-seeing to Egilsstadir, Iceland
... they had been following the blog and just happened to be passing through Iceland on their way back to Washington DC after a holiday in Europe and noticed that our paths might cross. We spent a really enjoyable evening with Don and Christine, and their young daughter Juliette, sampling the varied fare available in town.
Today, after a hearty breakfast, we decided to take Little Ted on a walking tour of the town. From the hotel we started ...
Wow Iceland!
... of Iceland drove past the volcano which erupted last year and to the one which erupted this year. We saw the ice cap Vatnajokull which is the largest in Europe and comprises 13% of Iceland. We went to an amazing place called glacier lagoon where 2 James bond movies were filmed. It is a perfect sky blue lagoon which has the edge of a glacier on it. Pieces of the glacier break off to ...
In Iceland!!
... boat trolled the sea floor and fed us fresh scallops. We really enjoyed it but were a bit sad to see the starfish and crabs dying in front of us. We then took a ferry to the West Fjords. The West Fjords are unreal. We are constantly amazed by how beautiful the fjords are. Driving here is very interesting as at one moment you are driving beside a fjord and the next you are on ...
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