July 7, 2007 Well, we are back home in Seat­tle. I’m a bit sad today. The sun is out and the moun­tains are in their full glory. I am happy to live in such a won­der­ful coun­try and city, but I … Con­tinue read­ing →

We got up after a very hot night (tem­per­a­ture wise) and hit the town. We had cof­fee at a new place, Mokka which was very good. I must say the cof­fee here is excel­lent. Not sure why. it could be … Con­tinue read­ing →

We woke up, had break­fast and headed for the tri­an­gle of tourists sites in the area. This region, imme­di­ately east of Reyk­javik, is pop­u­larly known as the “Golden Cir­cle”. It’s the most vis­ited part of Ice­land as here you find … Con­tinue read­ing →

On Mon­day, July 2nd, we awoke in Djupivogur (pop­u­la­tion 386) to a semi-foggy morn­ing, but at least we could see the har­bor. Greg men­tioned hear­ing birds all night. They run once a day cruises in the sum­mer from here to … Con­tinue read­ing →

Sun­day, July 1, 2007 — We awoke in Akureyri (Iceland’s sec­ond biggest town) to thick fog. The hotel has lots of tourists (Ger­man I think) stay­ing here, but I didn’t hear them at all. We had break­fast which was included … Con­tinue read­ing →