My all time favourite meals from across the globe This is obviously a completely biased and subjective list based on my own experiences, but I thought it would be fun to think back over the best meals I've ever had while travelling. Food is a really big part of why I travel and I love … Continue reading The 8 best meals I ever ate
Iceland
7 days in Iceland – snorkelling at Þingvellir National Park
Day 7: the world’s oldest parliament After a big breakfast in our hotel, we headed to Gullfoss waterfall, which it turned out was literally at the end of the road leading to the hotel. Gulfoss There was hardly anyone there, so we took advantage of this to take some good pictures and explore a little … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – snorkelling at Þingvellir National Park
7 days in Iceland – Skaftafell to Gullfoss
Day 6: Glaciers and waterfalls This was the day we were set to tour the ice caves, but were rescheduled due to the warmer weather starting to melt the ice. Instead the same company, Glacier Guides, booked us on to their morning glacier walking tour, ‘Glacier Wonders’. Glacier walking on Falljökull We arrived at their base early … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – Skaftafell to Gullfoss
7 days in Iceland – glaciers and lagoons
Day 5: Skaftafell to Jökulsárlón Vatnajökull National Park Vatnajökull National Park is home to Vatnajökull, or Vatna Glacier, Iceland’s largest glacier and one of the biggest in Europe. It covers more than 8% of Iceland. Skaftafell is usually used as a base for those visiting the area, which is exactly what we did. There are … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – glaciers and lagoons
7 days in Iceland – Skógafoss to Skaftafell
Day 4: waterfalls and aurora Skógafoss After a massive breakfast at Hotel Skogar (who supplied pickled herring, one of my favourites), it was a short drive up the road to the amazing Skógafoss. As we rounded the corner leading up to it, the sun caught the spray from the falls and lit up a rainbow … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – Skógafoss to Skaftafell
7 days in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon
Day 3: hot springs and the road to Skógafoss This turned out to be an action packed day and our longest on the road. We arrived at the harbour for our whale watching tour to find it was cancelled due to the unsettled weather following the storm that had delayed out plane. They were supposed … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon
A week in Iceland – what to see in 7 days
Iceland road trip Iceland. A place that needs no introduction, it has become a travel favourite in recent years and it seems like you can’t open Instagram without a stunning Iceland shot somewhere in your feed. Despite this, when you first start researching it you think there can’t be that much to see, that a … Continue reading A week in Iceland – what to see in 7 days
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