While I’m always willing to hop on a plane & fly to Europe at a moments notice, yet for some reason I have a mental block on visiting places right in my own backyard. I’ve lived in the Washington, DC-area for over a decade, & yet never spent any time in nearby (read: 40 mins…
31 Tips for Your Trip to Iceland
1. Skip the ATM. Normally the first place we stop when we get off the plane, we made it through 4.5 days with credit card only. In fact, we only took out money to buy Icelandic flags from a street vendor for the soccer party! 2. Don’t skip the gas pump. As I mentioned in…
Everything You Need to Know About Driving in Iceland
Renting a car & driving through Iceland was one of the best decisions we made on our trip. Driving is fairly easy if you use your head & are careful. They drive on the right hand side of the road, making things even easier for many drivers (sorry, Brits). Here are some of my best tips…
Where to Stay on Iceland’s South Coast
(& where not to stay in Reykjavik!) We did something on our Iceland south coast road trip we’ve never done before: stayed in a different hotel every night. This meant for a bit of a chaotic daily packing/unpacking situation, but also meant that we saw so much more of the country than if we had only…
5 Day Iceland South Coast Road Trip Itinerary
Road trip! We are back from our amazing, way too short, epic road trip in Iceland! We spent four days driving the south coast from the airport to Höfn & back. Our pace of driving was perfect, especially with Iceland’s summertime midnight sun. One big takeaway we learned is that even though Iceland looks small…
