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4 September 2016
Today we fly to Toronto at 1700. Apart from Kim returning the rental car by 0930, we spent our time in the hostel relaxing, packing, eating breakfast and making sandwiches for our flight. Icelandair’s onboard catering is expensive but in-line with Icelandic pricing. We had nice heavy bread rolls which we filled with ham, cheese […]
3 September 2016
We had a very slow start today. With all the driving and sightseeing, I needed to catch up on some admin. After a late breakfast (the usual omelette, tomatoes and toast), we set off around 1100. Today, we drove to Stokkseyri about an hour south. The fishing village there was nothing special but we did […]
2 September 2016
With our trusty Toyota Corolla, we did the standard tourist circuit called the Golden Circle. We drove about 90 minutes through the gorgeous countryside, once again with good weather to get to Strokkur Geyser. Despite the relatively short drive, Kim was getting sleepy so we stopped for a cuppa before continuing to Gulfoss water fall. […]
1 September 2016
Today was our first of three days with a rental car. We walked 15 mins to collect our very much pre-loved Toyota Corolla from SAD Cars (the name represents the initials of the three owners). After a few hours we thought we had the oldest car in the country. Our first excursion was north to […]
31 August 2016
The weather turned better today and we thought the HallgrÃmskirkja church tower would offer a good view of the area. We walked there and had a look inside the stark interior before taking the lift up. Interestingly the lift allowed 6 people up but 8 down. Yes, we did get a good view of the area […]
30 August 2016
We arrived on-time into Keflavik airport at 0200 where it was drizzling. The announcement said it was 18 degC but it felt more like 8 degC. The airport was quiet despite the impression I had got from flights schedules that many flights arrive in the wee hours of the morning. As the airport is about […]
29 August 2016
In anticipation of our 5h night flight departing at 2300 to Reykjavik, we slept in and woke around 0800. We delayed our breakfast a little then packed up carefully. We wore our hot weather gear and packed our cold weather gear separately so we could change at the airport. As we checked out at 1100, […]
28 August 2016
Locals tell us this summer isn’t too hot but the forecast was for 36 degC. We decided on an early start to see the sights of the Vatican. We took the metro to near the Vatican and walked in the general direction to be astounded by the queue for the Museum. It had gone around […]
27 August 2016
Today we drove down to Rome to return our rental car and stay for a couple of nights. We left Staggia at 0900 and got to central Rome shortly after 1200. The Hertz rental car return was supposed to be at Termini station, except that it wasn’t really. I had to go into the station […]
26 August 2016
We had it in our plan to visit Florence today and there was no reason to change that plan. It was an hour drive to get there and we managed to park about 10 minutes walk from Piazza Duomo. The crowds were pretty horrendous. It isn’t something we face very often as we travel to some […]