Iceland

Reykjavik is a lovely small city, but we wanted to spend the second half of our week in Iceland out in the countryside. Via Airbnb, I found a brand new country house in the Borgarfjordur region. We stayed in a small town called Bifrost, with a population of 700 in the winter that includes students…

On Wednesday, we headed from Reykjavik to drive to our next house in Bifröst (pronounced “beef roast”). We stopped at the local Target-equivalent, Hagkaup on our way out of town for groceries including reindeer meat. Bifröst is part of the Borgarfjordur region and is most famous for being the home of a 500-student university. The…

On Tuesday, Rob and I had a bit of work to catch up on – and, frankly, I also couldn’t bear the thought of another long day spent driving. Our friends took the car and headed out early for more waterfalls and volcanos while we slept in. We ventured out for an early lunch with…

After the Blue Lagoon, the “Golden Circle” route is the other popular must-do in Iceland. After a hearty breakfast of gingerbread french toast on our second day, we loaded up our cars and drove to Þingvellir to start our day. It was overcast, cold and mossy as far as the eye could see. In one…

Iceland in November with a three month old baby…what a terrific idea! Rob was going to Reykjavik for work so why not pack up four friends, the stroller, the car seat and fly nine hours to an island in the arctic circle where there are just six hours of light each day? Despite all indications…

Rob is going to Reykjavik for a work conference in November. I’ll be flying out with the baby and a collective of her favorite uncles to meet him for a relaxed week of exploring, catching the northern lights and cozying up by warm fires with Lucille. We haven’t planned much of anything yet – would…