Roadtrip Island 2017

Roadtrip Island 2017

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Einmal im Uhrzeigersinn um Island

1551 KM + -

Before the vacation is after the vacation :-) Short review: We drove the entire ring road once. We collected so many impressions and really enjoyed our time in Iceland. This...

So home it goes✈️🇩🇪

We're hanging out at the airport for a bit and then heading home. CONCLUSION: We were really lucky 🍀 with everything. We were always in the right place 🌍 at the right time ⏳....

Reykjavik the 2

So now we are almost at the end of our journey 😒 since we had a little time left, we went to Reykjavik again, as it is on the way to the airport

National Park Pinghöldeldo

Cannot write or pronounce the name 😀 The place Þingvellir has special significance in the history of Iceland. Located in a rift zone at the boundary of two tectonic plates, the...

Gullfoss 🌊

So the last waterfall of the trip... Total tourist overload and totally frosty... It didn't impress me. The waterfalls that are really away from the road are much more beautiful.

1. STOP KERIĐ

The Kerið is a crater lake in Iceland.

Drive to the Golden Ring

WIND 💨 Rain ☔... We're driving.. Oh yeah do you want to know how Icelanders scrape their windshields??? just pour hot water over it and start the engine.. 🚗 but since we are...

Skogafoss Waterfall

Since we are worse than the Japanese 📷 by now, we thought why not visit another waterfall.. What the heck...😀 527 steps... Rocky there you go...

VIK.. BLACK BEACH

About 300km further we went to the black beach of VIK. As you can see, the weather was already worse today, but fortunately it has not started raining yet.

ICE ❄ ICE Baby...

Today we hired a boat and sailed over Jökulsarlon sea. Among other things, James Bond 'Die Another Day' was filmed here.

Auroras 2

Andre went out again last night...

HÖFN - Credit card was confiscated

After a really exhausting day today, we reached Höfn. Since my credit card 💳 refused to work for the past few days, I thought okay, I'll just get some cash... But as quickly as...

Trip to Djúpivogur 🚢

Idyllic fishing village..🐟🐠🐡🦈🐙

Hike to Henigfoss

Early in the morning, we started a hike to Henigfoss 🌊. The weather was fantastic☀️🏞. The ascent was about 250 meters and went along a canyon, which showcased the columnar...

Drive to Egilstadir

The drive to Egilstadir was not easy... parts of it were very slippery Still, it had an amazing view, but unfortunately there was a serious car accident 🚨🚑🚒 involved....

Dettifoss

Today, after the long polar night, we had a good breakfast. Then we drove towards Dettifoss🌊 in very icy road conditions ❄️☃️. At some point on the way🏞, the paved road ended...

Myvatn Nature Bath

Vom Godafoss sind wir dann Richtung Myvatn und haben da das erste Mal richtige die Vulkanlandschaft wahrgenommen. Da ja das Wetter wieder mal weng sehr erfrischend war, haben...

Godafoss 🌊

... Ein Glück sind wir im Oktober hier, ich möchte nicht wissen, was hier im Sommer los ist. 😀

Húsavik -> no 🐳 watching

Thought we can estimate the weather a bit now, but.... We actually wanted to go out to sea today, but see for yourself... What a force of nature the wind is...

GLYMUR & Akureyri

Ninja-Franken-Worriers

REYKJAVIK City

After we took our clothes to the hotel, we went out and visited some sights. We went to Hard Rock to eat. It was very delicious... After that, to digest the food, we took...

Trip from Keflavik to Reykjavik

Arrived at the airport.. -Got our luggage... -Waited for an hour at Budget for our car... Great... Boring...-After finally getting the keys, we started searching for the car at...

Let's go!

Good morning. Today is the day... The really stressful running around in the last few days to get things like a headlamp, raincoats 😁, outdoor and indoor stuff... You could say...

Getting better and better 🔥🌋

Good news: The Ring road is accessible again. The bridge has been restored :-)now it's just snow chaos and earthquakes.. But I'm still happy :-)

Almost 2 weeks

As always, the weather unfortunately doesn't look good. I hope it will get better soon. Otherwise, our plan to circle the island won't really work out. Source:...

Holiday destination search in October ....

Originally the plan was to choose a warm travel destination .. Maldives .. Mauritius .. but that is way too easy. At some point we thought 10 days on an island just lazing on...