In 2021, when Cathy and I made our first ‘Pandemic Escape’ back to Iceland, I sent pictures to my then 82-year-old aunt, Edna. Her mother is our grandmother, so she too is Icelandic. I wanted to share with Edna some of our favorite places in Iceland and give her the feeling of ‘home’ like Cathy […]
Read More2023 is my 4th trip to Iceland. This time my son Barrett is my travel partner. We were lucky that we found a Delta flight which had a layover at JFK and instead of taking the usual 3 days, it only took two. We landed at Reykjavik airport at 9 am and had a private […]
Read MoreOur last stop before heading to the USA is at the Blue Lagoon. It’s always nice to have a hot soak in the water and it’s also nice to get our last Michelin dinner in Iceland. There are three Michelin restaurants in Iceland and Barrett and I have been lucky enough to enjoy all three! […]
Read MoreOpened in 2009, Dill was the first restaurant in Iceland to receive a Michelin star. Dill originally was a small eight seat restaurant that couldn’t keep up with demand so the owner and founding Chef Gunnar Gislasson moved it to Laugavegur street in Reykjavik and enlarged his seating to accommodate more guests. It is a […]
Read MoreWe’ve visited Iceland in March and Canadian Northwest territories in February. What compels two California gals to travel to places that are not only cold, but damn cold? Well for one thing, we don’t like crowds, so we often travel ‘on the shoulder’ season when weather can be less than ideal. For another, in the […]
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We like to hire local guides on our trips as they have the knowledge and the interest in sharing. Our guide, Stefan is Icelandic and was excited to have two Icelanders to take around ‘our’ country. The last two days of our trip are jam packed with waterfalls, farms that our family used to […]
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We made reservations with Mountain taxi to take us on the Golden Circle tour. Our guide picked us up in a monster black van that has plenty of room for us and the four other people on the tour. Designed to crawl up snow covered mountains and go down muddy roads, it was a fun […]
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“Just git out there” is our motto for Iceland. Reykjavik is the capital city of Iceland and has the largest population in the country. Iceland is one of the most educated countries in the world with over 99% literacy rate among adults. More than 90% of the population speaks English. They are know for keeping […]
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Growing up my grandma would talk about being Icelandic. She didn’t know much about the family leaving Iceland as her father and mother divorced when she was very young. But she would tell us the story about her great-great Icelandic grandmother pulling a handcart across the plains to Spanish Fork, Utah when she immigrated from […]
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