International Travels

This blog will probably be relatively short since we didn’t do too much on our final days in Iceland. Because of that, I’ve combined the final two days into a single blog. For lunch, we went to a local fish and chips shop and it was probably some of the best fish and chips I’ve

We had quite an adventurous morning this morning, and by adventurous, I mean a pretty annoying morning because of our battery issues. We woke up at our campsite in the Westman Islands and warmed up some leftovers for breakfast in the commons area. Afterward, we discovered that our campervan wouldn’t start because the battery was

We got off to a late start today since it was raining the entire morning, but it gave us an excellent opportunity to sleep in and rest. We made some delicious breakfast in the community room at our campsite and just took things really slow. It was also a good opportunity for us to stop

Today we woke up and did a quick 5-minute hike from our campsite to see our first waterfall of the day, Gljúfrabúi. We had seen so many waterfalls in Iceland but this one was pretty cool because it was hidden inside a gorge. We also went right next door to Seljalandsfoss, but it was pretty

This morning we woke up right next to one of Iceland’s biggest waterfalls, Skógafoss, with a 180ft drop and measuring 75ft wide. We could hear the mighty roar of the falls as soon as we opened the doors to our campervan so we decided to suit up in our rain gear and head over to

We woke up to beautiful weather today. The first order of business is to go on more hikes to see more glaciers! Skaftafell Glacier was only a 15-minute hike from our campsite so that was where we decided to go first. Skaftafell Nature Reserve is known for its glorious hiking trails, often called a ‘hiking

Welcome to day 8! We have less than a week to go 🙁 It seems that the eastern side of Iceland is always gloomy so we decided to get as far south/west as we could. The first stop of the day is Lækjavik, a small nature preserve with a black sand beach and rock formations

I can’t believe we’re already a week into this trip. Time is flying by! Early morning start here on day 7. We woke up around 7:45 am and headed to the puffin marina viewpoint which was a quick 5-minute drive from the campsite we stayed at. It was our first time seeing puffins up close