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Day Tripping by Reykjavík: Hveragerði & Lava Tube

Posted on November 10, 2012 by livingbroadly

What do you do after driving a camper all the way around Iceland in six days? Return your rental RV, pick up a rental car, and drive 35 minutes from Reykjavík to a town where you can boil eggs, bake … Continue reading →

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Iceland’s Ring Road: Day Four

Posted on July 20, 2012 by livingbroadly

Day Four (East Coast to North Lake): Seyðisfjörður, Námafjall Geothermal Area, Krafla Caldera, Lake Mývatn On day four of our drive around Iceland’s Ring Road we woke up at a gas station in Seyðisfjörður to one of the finest views in Iceland — to our left … Continue reading →

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Iceland Ring Road RV Adventure: Day One

Posted on June 30, 2012 by livingbroadly

Chris and I always knew that once we moved to Iceland it was only a matter of time before we took the quintessential Icelandic road trip – a journey around Iceland’s Ring Road. We decided to save this trip for … Continue reading →

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Hiking in Þórsmörk

Posted on August 9, 2011 by livingbroadly

Last Friday we took the 4pm Reykjavik Excursions bus from the BSÍ Bus Terminal to the fabled land of Þórsmörk — a mountain ridge surrounded by glacial rivers and the three glaciers that love them. Saturday and Sunday we hiked over (sometimes into) the glacial … Continue reading →

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The Golden Circle of the North: Húsavík to Ásbyrgi to Mývatn

Posted on July 29, 2011 by livingbroadly

The Golden Circle is the most popular day tour in Iceland — a 300km not-quite-circular route linking 3-5 major tourist attractions in south Iceland right outside of Reykjavik. Last weekend we drove a loop through north Iceland that I’d call the Golden … Continue reading →

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Viðey Island: A Perfect Sun-day Outing in Reykjavik

Posted on July 17, 2011 by livingbroadly

Last week we drove around the ring road of Iceland in a camper with my parents, and it was an amazing adventure. [I haven’t finished organizing all the photos from our trip, but once I do more posts will be … Continue reading →

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Vestmannaeyjar or The Westman Islands

Posted on June 21, 2011 by livingbroadly

Summer makes all the difference! (Apology: I feel like living in Iceland automatically results in the right to create trite truisms about summer, but I apologize all the same.) My point being that after a winter of drifting around Reykjavik’s … Continue reading →

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Summer House Weekend

Posted on June 1, 2011 by livingbroadly

Last weekend our landlords generously invited us to accompany them to a family summer house in Southern Iceland, and we eagerly accepted. I couldn’t believe our luck when the summer house turned out to be located in a picture-perfect spot … Continue reading →

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A Weathery Weekend on Iceland’s South Coast

Posted on April 17, 2011 by livingbroadly

The weather in Iceland is weird. Next week is the first day of summer here; it’s an important holiday right before Easter. Our Icleandic instructor explained the early summer celebration by saying that if Icelanders waited for good weather to … Continue reading →

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Your 4th Day in Iceland: Exploring the Reykjanes Peninsula

Posted on March 28, 2011 by livingbroadly

Let’s say you’ve just spent 3 glorious days in Iceland and have explored the city of Reykjavik and its nightlife, driven around the famous Golden Circle, and visited the lake-size hot tub of baby blue geothermal power plant run off … Continue reading →

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