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Iceland swan song

  • by Kai
  • Posted on 16. September 201730. September 2017
  • diary

Upon coming back to Iceland we quickly made our way back to the north. We had three main items left on our list of things to see: Humpback whales, Myvatn and Askja.

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Metropolis time

  • by Kai
  • Posted on 4. September 20177. September 2017
  • diary

Three quarters of Icelanders live in or around Reykjavik. That still only makes about 200.000 people, but I can assure you that after 2.5 weeks of glaciers, offroading and general desolation this felt like New York City to me.

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Backtracking

  • by Kai
  • Posted on 2. September 20173. September 2017
  • diary

A long drive had taken us to Akureyri, the main city in the north and Iceland’s second largest city. Our next main destination would be a detour to Reykjavik, so we would need to backtrack south.

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The peninsula

  • by Geraldine
  • Posted on 2. September 20173. September 2017
  • diary

West Iceland can be divided into the large chunk that is the Westfjords and Snæfellsness peninsula. On this trip we could only really do the peninsula, as driving around the remote fjords can take quite […]

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Rivers, lakes, falls, pools and hot springs

  • by Kai
  • Posted on 29. August 201731. August 2017
  • diary

One of the amazing things in Iceland is how much water exists and how important it is. It shapes the country through rivers, rain and floods, in frozen form it forms Europe’s biggest glaciers and […]

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On a different island

  • by Kai
  • Posted on 28. August 201729. August 2017
  • diary

The Vestmannaeyjar islands have a special history. For once, the youngest island was born in the 1960s, due to a 5(!) year volcanic eruption. The main town on the main island got buried under lava and ash in 1973. So this made for an interesting target.

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Photos so far

  • by Geraldine
  • Posted on 8. August 201721. August 2017
  • Iceland

Not having internet all the time (which surprisingly has been quite liberating) means we’re a bit behind on the blog, but here are the photos so far: https://goo.gl/photos/tFE61vvCDiJJmYbN8  

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  • Kai
    • On our way to Sicily
    • Crossing the Adriatic Sea
    • Croatia: Coast/beach life
  • Liam
    • I am pooping…
    • Who are we?
  • Geraldine
    • Sicily: Siracusa & Piazza Armerina
    • Sicily: Taormina, Mt Etna and Noto
    • Croatia: the cities

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