Iceland Ring Road Part 3: The Last Leg

Hallgrímskirkja Church with its distinctive tower in Reykjavík, Iceland

I had managed to catch a cold somewhere between all the hot water and cold Icelandic air. After days of soaking in geothermal pools, stepping back into the freezing weather and driving around the country, my nose had finally decided to register a formal complaint. I needed Afrin, and one morning after our first hotel […]

Iceland by Campervan, Part 2: Hot Water, Broken Windows and the Areola Borealis

Iceland Ring Road Part 2 along a turquoise glacial river in Iceland

After days of driving, hiking, glaciers, black beaches, questionable dirt roads and enough time behind the wheel to begin considering the RV a permanent address, Iceland Ring Road Part 2 brought us to Vök Baths in East Iceland. This was exactly what we needed. The geothermal pools stretched toward the lake, the cold Icelandic air […]

Iceland by Campervan, Part 1: Apparently We Were Staying Too Long

Vestrahorn mountain reflected in water during our Iceland Ring Road campervan trip

Our Iceland Ring Road campervan trip gave us its first warning before we had technically even arrived in Iceland. Flying from Canada toward Keflavík took us over the lower edge of Greenland, and from the airplane window it looked less like somewhere people lived and more like an uninhabitable moon. High peaks broke through the […]