North Coast, Iceland – Day 5

Here we are now on the morning of Day 5!  At this point in our travels we realized that we were ahead of schedule as we were not due back into Reykjavik for another 5  more days to drop off the camper and get our flight back to Canada.  This meant we would plan to not only drive the Westlands as suggested by the Happy Camper guy, but we would also head for the Westfjords!  This was super exciting as we would cover more than we had initially planned. For now we were covering the North Coast, waterfalls, towns, and what we were told was the “best swimming pool in Iceland”.

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East Coast, Iceland – Day 4

Good morning Day 4, kinda… We were greeted with fog, and lots of it for our next section in Iceland.  It really felt like we had been transported to the East Coast of Newfoundland, not the East Coast of Iceland.  The plan for today was to drive the East Coast and head inland a bit to the North Coast. Breakfast was the usual oatmeal, then we opened the map to check out any symbols that might be points of interest, and hit the road.

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Golden Circle, Iceland – Day 1

Iceland…

You have been on my radar since as long as I can remember. The land of Fire and Ice. Being a Geography Major, the thought of travelling to such a place as Iceland tops my list of places to go and this was the year to do it!  As a birthday present (I’m turning 40 this year), my hubby and I embarked on a 10 day trip around the island.  Come and follow along as I take you through seven areas of Iceland.

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