We’re remaining in Grundarfjordur again tonight, so today was a trip around the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. Here are morning sights. We started so early that even the sea gulls were still sleeping! I think this is our first breakfast on the road: Continuing westward on the peninsula, we had more interesting views...The ship’s shore excursion missed…
Day 1 of Our Icelandic Road Trip
I no longer have those cute little maps the cruise line provided, so our blue dot is done! Instead, I found this post card of Iceland, showing in dashes the “Ring Road” we plan to drive. I’ve marked our beginning and ending points for Day 1 in red. We're on our own now... We were…
Day 7 of our Icelandic Cruise
Our blue dot has docked in Reykjavik again, and our shore excursion was an 8-hour tour of the “Golden Circle.” At our first stop, we visited Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO site. We walked along the rift valley between the North American tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate. So, we stepped on two continents today.…
Day 5 of the Icelandic Cruise
Our blue dot shows we’ve docked in the fishing town of Isafjordur. In spite of its relative isolation, the town is known for its rather urban atmosphere, flourishing cultural life and rich heritage of music and art. We started our shore excursion with a scenic bus drive bus drive to a hike. This is the…
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