Breathtakingly beautiful, the Peninsula hosts lava fields, amazing gorges and waterfalls, black churches dating back to the 19thC, white houses on the edge of sea cliffs, and of course we lucked it seeing an Aurora on our first night!

Yay!! Today the roads on the circuit are displayed as ‘green’, so I take off early with my trusty GPS installed in my rental car. First stop, the ‘Geysir’, with boiling and steaming mudpits, and exploding geysers which spout water … Continue reading →

Galing winds and icy roads out on the Golden Circle circuit, so car travel outside Reykjavik is seriously not recommended. So wandering around town today, this time rugged up to the hilt with warm clothes. Visited the old harbour area … Continue reading →