We decided to take a quick day trip to Haarlem, just west of Amsterdam. It’s a quick €4 15 minute hop from Amsterdam Centraal to Haarlem via a direct train.
Espresso in center-city Haarlem!Crepes in Haarlem
One of the things that Haarlem is known for is its flowers. The city sits just north of the famed tulip fields in Holland that you may have seen pictures of! Unfortunately, we were told that it was a little too late in the season to check out those fields as most of the flowers had already been harvested. Regardless, we loved walking around Haarlem and seeing the flowers and the flower markets all over the city. It smelled amazing!
Flower markets like this were everywhereAn old church built in the 1600sFlowers in the cityFlowers in the cityMore open-air flower markets
One of our favorite things that we have learned about The Netherlands so far is that the Dutch are ingenious when it comes to land reclamation. Over the past several hundred years, the Dutch have invented ways to extend their land deeper into the sea – and as such, it’s one of the only countries that continues to grow in size. First, they build a dam (or “dyke”) in the ocean or in a bay, and once the powerful ocean is sealed off, they pump the water out of the sealed off area until there’s nothing but land beneath. Historically, they used windmills for this kind of thing – which is one of the reasons why you see so many windmills here!
The reclaimed land is often full of good nutrients and historically has been turned into farming land. Just below-sea-level-farming-land! Fascinating.
An old windmillA beautiful cathedral in HaarlemHaarlem city streetsHaarlem city streetsHaarlem city streets
Corrie Ten Boom’s historic home is also in Haarlem. If you’re unfamiliar with the name, Corrie Ten Boom is often considered a hero of the 20th century. She helped a large number of Jews escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust by hiding them in her home shown in the pictures below. The home where this occurred has been turned into a museum about her fascinating life. Unfortunately, the museum was closed when we walked by and we weren’t able to go in. Still, having read her book “The Hiding Place” as a child, I found it to be an honor to even stand near the home where such an extraordinary woman lived.
Corrie Ten Boom’s home (now a museum)Corrie Ten Boom’s homeSome info on the side of Corrie Ten Boom’s house
Amsterdam (and most of the cities in The Netherlands) is very much a bike-centric city. Bikes, in fact, have the right of way on streets and often pull out in front of cars without even looking – the car has to stop! It’s incredible seeing just how many folks ride bikes here. There are dedicated 2-way bike streets on the side of every normal street, and the bikes even have their own traffic light system at the major intersections.
These little cars are everywhere!
Dam Square
We walked from the train station to one of the main squares called Dam Square. Here, there were monuments, shops, and the hustle and bustle of normal Amsterdam workday life.
Dam Square – one of the main hubs in Amsterdam
When we walked into the square, we saw a man with a large bag of white rice throwing it out for the pigeons. He wasn’t charging at all, you could tell that he was delighted at the fun everybody was having with his little bag of rice. Birds came flocking from all around and stood on his arms and head waiting to get some of the rice. Little children came running to see the birds. He gave the children some rice to feed the birds too. You could tell some children were going to be forever scared by birds after this encounter. Birds were sitting on their heads and arms while the children squealed and cried. One brave little girl did not cry, but instead walked over and picked up one pigeon by one of its wings. It was truly a sight to see!
The man gave us some rice to feed the birds as well. They immediately flew to our arms and heads for the rice. It was so much fun! The feeling was very strange. We couldn’t help but laugh the whole time. We surprisingly did not have any bird poop on us. (We immediately checked!) Definitely a highlight of the day!
Feeding the pigeons in Dam SquareContracting 84 strains of bird flu
Strolling the City
As we waited for check in to open at our AirBnB, we decided to stroll through the streets of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is a canal city, similar to the likes of Venice, Italy. There are beautiful bridges crossing each canal as tour boats and delivery barges pass beneath.
Crossing a canal in AmsterdamCity streetsCity streetsCity streetsCity streetsCity streets…plus rubber duckies!?
Anne Frank House
One of the more popular tourist destinations here is the Anne Frank House. If you haven’t already, we would highly recommend picking up a copy of her diary. She was a young Jewish girl who hid in a house in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands during WW2. Her family was eventually discovered and sent to a concentration camp nearby where she eventually perished. Her story is unique in that she was a wonderful writer at such a young age, but I believe it’s important that we look at her as a symbol of her generation. Although her story was unique, her experience was not. Millions of Jews in this area were sentenced to the same fate, and we use Anne’s story as a way to honor and remember the millions of others.
Our AirBnb was right across the canal from the Anne Frank house, so we hopped in for a tour of the space where Anne and her family hid for 2 years. It was such a powerful experience!
Anne Frank
Amsterdam Food
The food scene in Amsterdam is delicious! The city is known for its French fries which come with a variety of different sauces. Some of the most popular flavors are a variation of Mayonnaise (that to us, tasted like a delicious mix between mayo and ranch), and a peanut satay sauce. A Kroket is also a well-known snack food, almost like an egg roll but deep fried with more gravy inside. Yum.
KroketFries with peanut satay sauce, and a Kroket (often enjoyed with mustard)
Indonesia was once occupied by the Dutch empire as well, and as such, there is a huge amount of Indonesian influence here. We heard some of the best Indonesian food was just around the corner from our AirBnB and had to give it a try!
Indonesian foodIndonesian foodSome tasty candy recommended by our friend! It’s like a whole package of pink Starbursts.There was a famous Apple pie place close to our AirBnB. It was incredible!A Bacon sandwich house… what more can you ask for?Burgers are also extremely popular in Holland. This was one of the best burgers we’ve ever had
Flowers everywhere!
Holland is globally known for their beautiful flowers. In fact, the world’s largest flower auction market sits just south of Amsterdam. You have to look into the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. They have an auction floor that looks something like a stock floor with international auctioneers purchasing flowers as they roll through the room on autonomous carts – flowers from this market get exported all over the world. It’s big business!
The people of Holland take their flowers very seriously as well! Everywhere you look in Amsterdam and beyond, there are beautiful flower markets, flower gardens, and people carrying bouquets of flowers as they ride their bikes.
Flowers in front of Amsterdam homesFloating flower market (in an Amsterdam canal!)Floating flower market (in an Amsterdam canal!)
Final Thoughts
Amsterdam has a reputation of being a pretty wild city. From the Red Light Districts to the marijuana legally sold in just about every coffee shop. Despite this (perhaps narrow on my part) perception, the city is a wonderful place to visit. The people are so kind, everybody speaks Dutch as a first language, but English almost flawlessly as a second (or third) language. The canal systems are so impressive, second only to Venice perhaps in their quantity throughout the city. Transportation is a breeze – no need to own a car. We would absolutely return to Amsterdam if given the opportunity, and can’t wait to do so.
A beautiful canal right next to Amsterdam Centraal – the train station we left from.
Iceland is an awesome country – and I mean that literally. It is awe-inspiring.
Despite its status as one of the smallest European countries, traveling its perimeter revealed to us the immensity of its landscape.
It is full of raw, rugged, powerful natural beauty that we have encountered in few other places in the world.
Fire.
Ice.
Roaring waterfalls.
Quiet fields of flowers.
Majestic beaches.
Cliffs with walls of seabirds you may otherwise only ever see in a zoo.
Geothermal beauty everywhere.
The vast majority of Iceland is as it has always been – untouched, wild, beautiful.
I can’t recall ever hearing an American tourist say that they were going to Iceland, unless it was merely a stopover on the way to some other destination. Perhaps when folks think of going to Europe, they think of the larger destinations such as France, United Kingdom, Germany, and Iceland gets overshadowed by their presence. This should not be the case. If you ever get the opportunity to go to Iceland, and you have even one bone in your body that appreciates the great outdoors, you simply must go. There is nothing like Iceland in the rest of the world.
Iceland’s natural beauty has left us awestruck and eager to one day return. And return one day we certainly will. Until then, farewell Iceland.
It is Sunday morning, so we decided to find a local church to attend! We drove right by a church on our way to our campsite last night. We looked up the service times and saw they had an English service at 11:00. The church was planted 21 years ago by an American missionary. It is the only Baptist church in Iceland! It is a very diverse church and such sweet people. It seems like many folks from other countries who live in Reykjavik for work attend the English service as most other churches in the area are only in Icelandic. We were able to talk for a little bit with the pastor and his family after the service.
After the service, we learned that it was the pastor’s birthday! We stayed and sang happy birthday with the congregation, and the pastor did a…hand stand? Not sure if this is a Baptist thing or an Iceland thing, but we thought it was quite impressive either way.
Airbnb
We turned in our campervan after 8 wonderful days. We managed to navigate the local bus system and made it to our Airbnb hostel home for the next 2 days. There is a warm shower, full kitchen, and a washer/dryer. There is even a cute local cat that greets us at the front door.
The friendly hostel welcome committee reaching out for a handshakeThe entrance to our hostel!Our hostel in Reykjavik!
We walked around the neighborhood and were able to kick back and rest for a bit in the hostel room. We had assumed that the camper van life would be really restful with a lot of downtime, but interestingly that just wasn’t true! We brought some books to read and card games to play, but didn’t get a chance to partake in either. During the day we drove all day, and when we weren’t driving we were hiking – and then we would pull into a campground around midnight, cook a meal, and go to bed. Rinse and repeat for 8 days! So this first leg of the trip was more of an adventure, and less of a time of rest – which is perfectly fine, just different than what we had anticipated.
Some lamb hot dogs to celebrate finishing the ring road
Reykjavik – June 21
We walked into town from our Airbnb, which was towards the outskirts of the downtown area. It was about a 35 minute walk.
Braud & Co – the local bakery chain
We found a local bakery (Braud & Co) that is known for their yummy cinnamon rolls. They were out of cinnamon flavor but we were able to try a berry and Japanese lemon roll. They were so yummy!
Braud & CoBraud & Co
Next stop was a local coffee shop called Reykjavik Roasters. With it being the late afternoon and cold out, we both chose hot chocolate. Deep down we’re both old farts and caffeine in the afternoon keeps us awake too late into the night…
Hot chocolate from Reykjavik RoastersReykjavik Roasters
Icelandic Meat Soup!
We had to stop one last time at our favorite restaurant in Iceland – 101 Reykjavik Street Food. This is our third time here! The staff all know us now. Our phone’s WiFi immediately connects as we walk up to the restaurant. I’m surprised we don’t have our picture on the wall yet.
We have already pinned some recipes for the dishes we have tried here to hopefully try and make them at home when we return.
Today we completed the ring road! It’s so fun to think that we were able to drive completely around an entire country in just over one week. We only had a short drive back into Reykjavik from our camp site.
101 Reykjavik Street Food
We went to this restaurant the first day we arrived in Iceland, and we couldn’t stop talking about it during the entire drive around the island. So of course, our first day back in Reykjavik, we had to stop in for another bite. It was just as good as we remembered! We got the Icelandic meat soup again – a lamb stew with potatoes, broth, and spices. This time we tried the traditional Icelandic fish stew as well – not really a stew as the name suggests, but essentially mashed potatoes, onion, and cod fish. Everything was delicious! We met the owners son while we were there. We told them we will most likely be back one more time before we leave. We love the food so much!
Fish stew directly in front of Graham (who took this picture), and Icelandic meat stew on the other side of the table in front of Lizzie.
Fagradalsfjall Volcano
The Fagradalsfjall volcano began erupting March 19, 2021 and is still emitting fresh lava as of today. It was about a 35 minute drive from Reykjavik to the makeshift parking lot they set up for tourists after it began erupting. We parked our car and began the hike. We first came to a field of lava hardened on the top, but boiling underneath. We were able to get a couple small lava rocks from the top because it had cooled enough to touch! There were many people taking bags full of lava rocks home.
Cooling lava as it oozed down the side of the mountain near the active eruption.
The lava field, even though it looked like it had been there for some time, was still extremely hot. If you looked across the field, you could see the distortions from the heat waves coming off the surface. In some cracks in the cooled magma, you could look inside and see that it was still glowing red hot as the lava continued to slowly seep beneath.
Beyond the hill at the far side of the lava field was the active eruption site.Along the ridge, lava continuing to flow into the valley. If you look closely at the bottom of the “cooled” magma, you can see a crack in the rock showing that it’s still red hot beneath.An up-close look at a crack in the “cooled” magma showing the red-hot lava flow beneath. We were only inches away from this!
As the magma cooled in this valley, it solidified into rock and expanded/contracted as it cooled and was reheated by the lava beneath. As this happened, you could hear it crackle and pop with almost a tin sound. It sounded like a tin can with carbonation in it, or after you drive an old car that’s all-metal and turn it off – the “pinging” sound of the metal parts.
It smelled like a mixture of smooth cigar smoke and gunpowder.
After we spent some time being mesmerized by this field (and probably becoming highly intoxicated by the toxic fumes), we began the insane hike up the side of a mountain to get a good look at the center of the actively erupting volcano. Huh… Maybe we were intoxicated by the volcano fumes…
Hiking up the ridge – the Atlantic Ocean in the background!
The hike was really challenging. Neither of us had hiking shoes or hiking poles as a lot of the folks around us did. The wind was also stronger than we’ve ever experienced as there were no trees nearby to stop it from blowing. That being said, the view from the top of the ridge made the challenging hike totally worth it! This was certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity. The lava was mesmerizing as it bubbled/splashed out and poured over the side of the mountain into the valley below. It sounded like strong waves crashing into the sand at a beach.
The lava bubbled like water and shot out of the cauldron – it was mesmerizing.
Sandgerði Camping
After the long hike, we swung into a local fast food joint for some burgers and fries. Interestingly, burgers, ice cream, and hot dogs are some of the most popular dishes here – especially as it relates to fast food!
We got to our final campsite of the trip around midnight – the ring road completed in 8 days. The campground was right next to a beautiful lake – it had hot showers, clean bathrooms, and a common area to charge our phones. This was our last night in the campervan. Tomorrow we turn in the van and head to our Airbnb for the last 2 nights here in Iceland.
The inside of our camper van – a comfy bed sat up on top of storage. The van came with dishes, a stove with gas, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, 2 camping chairs and a fold-out table.
Our campground was right on the coast. The orange sand, blue skies and glistening water were breathtaking! We went on a morning walk on the beach when we woke up. It was warmer in the morning, about 12 degrees Celsius. Some of the warmest weather we have experienced so far in Iceland!
The locals tell us that this is an unusually cold summer, and things are expected to warm up in the next few weeks. But we have also heard (and seen) that the weather can change on a dime. In some places in Iceland, you can experience all four seasons in one day. We’ve heard quite a few people say that the worst job in Iceland is to be a meteorologist!
At this campground, they had a wonderful community center with a free clothes washer, stove top, and a cupboard full of dishes and silverware for travelers to share. Before we set off, we cooked up some oatmeal and brown sugar and ate it in an actual bowl with warm coffee in an actual mug.
Oatmeal and coffee on the finest of fine china!
On the road again
Our little camper van driving through the countryside courtesy of Graham’s drone!
Today was filled with driving! Lots of beautiful sights were seen as we drove. The Westfjords are some of the most beautiful parts of the island. The purple flowers continue to be some of our favorite sights to see as we drive!
A quick side note and some interesting facts that we learned about these flowers after further research. The purple flowers are called Alaskan Lupine. As you can tell from the name, they aren’t actually native to Iceland. Seeds were brought over in a suitcase in 1945 to help revitalize the land after several hundred years of logging and farming. The Alaskan Lupine helps take nitrogen from the air and pump it into the soil – helping farmers grow future crops, while also preventing erosion (which is a big problem here). The flowers were kept only to the Reykjavik capital region until 1976 when they were released to the rest of Iceland. Fast forward to today, and Alaskan Lupine now covers about 0.4% of Iceland’s land surface and it continues to grow exponentially. One estimate puts this flower at over 10% coverage of the island by 2085.
Everybody in Iceland has an opinion about these flowers. Seriously. You can walk up to anybody who lives here and ask, and they will inevitably fall into one of two schools of thought: Either they love the flowers – the way they look, the benefits they provide to the soil. Or – they loathe how invasive the flowers are in completely taking over the island, killing off some of the native flora. Who knew flowers could cause such a ruckus?
If you’re as interested in this drama as we are – we highly recommend some further reading on this. The broader story is quite fascinating and involves Neil Armstrong and a NASA training facility in the center of the island, now completely swallowed up in purple flowers. Check out this article: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/why-iceland-is-turning-purple/
Lunch Stop
After eating a lot of dried foods, it was so nice to pull into a restaurant/hotel and have a fresh meal! Our bodies were in much need of this!
Char fish (same family as salmon) and a cheeseburger!
Camping Þorisstaðir
This was not our original desired campground. The one we originally had planned to stay at was all full due to a local little league soccer team playing. A lot of local Icelanders (supportive grandparents and relatives of the kids playing) were camping in this town for the tournament this weekend. But we were able to find another spot close to stay at.
On the way, we found a beautiful lighthouse right next to the ocean. There are so many cool lighthouses here!
Today we set off on a long drive down the large Weatfjords peninsula. A lot of the road was surprisingly gravel or dirt. A very bumpy 4 and 1/2 hour drive for sure!
We had beautiful views as we drove along the coast! We didn’t have any rain, which was such a blessing!
Norwegian ship! Oldest steel ship in Iceland. Built in 1912 in Norway, shipwrecked in 1981.
We stopped along the way and made some tuna sandwiches from our earlier grocery run!
Látrabjarg
Látrabjarg is a national park at the farthest western tip of the Westfjords, in fact the furthest west you can go in Iceland. It is known for its views and the vast number of birds that nest in the cliff side, including puffins! When we first arrived, there were not any puffins. We were told by some bird photographers that they were out having dinner and will return to the cliffs shortly. We enjoyed watching the razorbills and northern gannets as they sat along the cliff flying to and from the ocean, both of which looked like little penguins. There were thousands of them! It was truly a sight to see!
Look closely and you’ll see thousands of birds!Birds flying out to sea and in to share the fish caught
The sign at the entrance of the park said that during the summer time, there can be over 1 million birds nesting in this little section of cliffs. If you looked at the water, it looked like it was almost moving with how many birds were also swimming in the ocean.
Razorbills (they look like little penguins!)Razorbills
Eventually, the puffins returned to the cliff side and we were able to see them close up! They are adorable creatures! Our favorite thing was to see them waddle around, almost like they are exaggerating each step.
Melanes
Tonight we are staying at a campground near the coast. Beautiful blue skies and orange sand! Dinner was an Italian dinner pasta packet that we added to boiling water. It’s always so nice to have a hot meal after a very cold day. It was around 5 degrees Celsius.
Completely untouched by man!
The beach near this campground was one of the most beautiful beaches we have ever seen.
Today we woke up and made some oatmeal with brown sugar for breakfast. We had a beautiful drive along the coast of northern Iceland!
There are flowers everywhere in Iceland this time of year.Just off the highway, overlooking a little inlet from the ocean in northern Iceland
Lots of sheep and horses along the road! One momma sheep walked right onto the road in front of us with two little babies in tow. We thankfully saw her and slowed down in time – though Graham mentioned something about “10 points for the big one, 5 points for the little ones”. Hmm… The mother sheep paused in the middle of the Highway and the two babies began to nurse while we just waited. We thought this was so funny. We beeped our horn and they eventually moved along.
There are so many baby horses as well! They were fun to watch as we drove along.
Akureyri
We stumbled upon this adorable little town while driving the ring road called Akureyri. It’s the second biggest city in Iceland after Reykjavík, nestled up in the northern side of the island. The city’s slogan was “love is in the air”, and they had big hearts you could take your picture by. They even had red traffic lights in the shape of hearts!
We decided to park our van and just walk around the city for a bit. We found a giant bookstore with a cafe (similar to Barnes and Noble back in the States), we got some coffee and sat in the bookstore for a couple hours reading and people watching.
The streets of Akureyri!
Grafarkirkja
Grafarkirkja is the oldest church in Iceland. It is still operational as far as we can tell, and was such a beautiful sight to see!
Borðeyri Campground
Our stop tonight was another great campground spot with wonderful views! This campsite had some extremely territorial birds though. There were Arctic Terns nesting around the campground. The first spot we parked our van at, we found ourselves attacked almost immediately when we got out of the car. You could look up and see them screeching and dive bombing – like something out of a movie! We later learned that they will dive bomb to protect their eggs, which we must have parked right beside. We quickly realized this and moved our van to a different location. Almost like we passed back through an imaginary line, they all settled down again. Amazing! And slightly terrifying…
After about an hour drive from our campground, we stopped by a quaint little harbor town. Djúpivogur is a small fishing village. We stopped and got some hot chocolate from a local cafe and to stretch our legs.
Gallery Freevilli
In Djúpivogur we saw a local art gallery. We stopped in and met the owner/artist. He had made many things out of recycled wood. Beautiful carvings, shells, rocks, whale bones, necklaces and so much more. We spoke with the owner for about an hour. His name was Villip, but he went by Freevilli. He grew up in the fishing village and told us a lot about Iceland’s history and politics, both local and international. He had great English and we really enjoyed hearing his local perspective.
Freevilli‘s shop!
The Long Haul
Today was one of our longest drives of the trip so far. We drove from the southeast side of the island all the way to the central-north side. Quite the haul for one day!
Our longest drive in a day so far!We saw lots of wild reindeer along our drive today!Cartwheel? Attempt at a hand stand? Just goofing off? Not quite sure!
Námafjall Hverir
Námafjall Hverir is a geothermal area with fumaroles and boiling mud pots. It looked so cool, but man did it smell terrible!! We have both smelled the sulfur-rich scent of geothermal hot springs and vents at places such as Yellowstone, but nothing quite like this. We both started out on the walking path fully confident in our walking capabilities, but had to turn back almost immediately as our legs buckled from the fumes. Ok – a slight exaggeration, but wow. We both had our noses in our jackets trying hard not to see our lunch again. It was probably the worst smell we have ever encountered. Lizzie had to go sit in the car. Graham walked around the other side of the park to see some more boiling mud pots, but couldn’t make it down the full path either. Needless to say, it was very cool, but Lizzie will not be returning.
Goðafoss
As we were driving on highway 1 we came across this beautiful waterfall! It was already around 12:30am (though the sun was still up!), but we had to stop and take it in.
Goðafoss pronounced “Godafoss”
Systragil Camping Ground
We got to bed around 1:30am after settling into the campground and washing clothes in the washing machine (the reason we chose this particular campground!), drying our clothes on a makeshift clothesline over the front seat of our camper van.
Our first stop this morning was the black sand beach in Southern Iceland with beautiful jagged rocks jutting out into the sea. The weather was very windy, and very cold! The waves were mesmerizing – some of the biggest waves we have ever seen. The beach was filled with gorgeous smooth black rocks. The sand and rocks are all a pure black color from the volcanic activity on the island.
Black sand beach in southern Iceland
The drive
We’ve observed a few interesting things while driving through the Icelandic countryside. First, there are SO many sheep that are just roaming around, often outside of their pasture fence! But they aren’t very smart animals and will cross the street in front of cars at anytime. We were told when we first picked up our camper van that if we hit one we would have to pay 500 Euros to the sheep farmer for each sheep hit. We haven’t hit one yet thankfully, but have come pretty close!
Another thing that is interesting on the roads are their radar speed signs. There are happy and sad faces on them and it will change to a green happy face if you are driving under the speed limit.
There are also a lot of one lane bridges on the island.
In Reykjavik, there were a ton of “no tractor” signs. We thought this was funny since there didn’t seem to be any farms in the downtown area but clearly the city thought it was a problem and they needed to post a reminder on nearly every street.
Velkomin í Freysnes – Trail to a Glacier
We found this trail on All Trails. The trail was a little hard to find as it was tucked behind a hotel and not well advertised. It was our favorite hike so far! There were fields as far as the eye could see of these gorgeous purple flowers. We got to the top of the trail and it looked over the valley onto the very edge of one of the largest glaciers in Iceland. It was so beautiful!
Beautiful trail walk
Fjallsárlón Glacier
Our next little hike we went on was about 30 minutes down the road from the first. We were driving on the Ring Road and saw a sign for a glacier. We saw on All Trails again that there was a trail behind a restaurant. It was a short and easy hike to an absolutely stunning view of the glacier! While we were there, it was silent enough that from across the lake we heard the glacier give out a deep rumble. We were both mesmerized and terrified at the same time. It’s enormous!
Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandi
Just a short drive from the Fjallsárlón Glacier was this amazing view of another side of the glacier. As the ice was breaking off the glacier, a canal was pulling the broken pieces out to sea. Birds were flying all around enjoying what appeared to be a bountiful fish meal under the melting ice. We even saw a seal swimming among the icebergs!
Diamond Beach
Right near the canal that was pulling the icebergs out to sea was this beautiful black sand beach. It is called Diamond Beach because it is filled with broken off pieces of the glacier. Graham was determined to touch a part of a glacier and he finally did here!
Camping Höfn
We stopped for the night around midnight. The campground had a beautiful view of a lake.
Yes, this is midnight! This is as dark as it gets in Iceland during the summer months.
