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Seals can kill you

Goals for kayaking in Iceland 1. Don’t flip over ✅ 2. See seals ✅ 3. See puffins ❌ Our kayak tour was stunning.  We met our tour guide in the town of Ísafjörður and took a van ride over the the…

Road tripping it

Driving outside of Reykjavik takes you through large swaths of unpopulated areas.  On the journey are are all sorts of unofficial pull offs that beg you to park your car and do some ad hoc exploring.  If you ever visit…

Hot dogs in Reykjavik

Reykjavik is a quiet city as far as nation capitals go but it has one thing that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to recreate.  While we haven’t been in country for very long, rumors about Iceland’s culinary cuisine…

Destination Iceland

Before we departed for Iceland my mother told me a story about one of her friends getting turned away from an international trip at the airport because of a missing “blue” form.  My inner smart ass explained that this was…