Friday, 17th August 2012 Reykjavik It’s 6pm and if I manage to stay awake long enough to write this, it will be a small miracle. I think I had deep sleep that was occasionally interrupted and I woke too early, actually around 6am again, though I didn’t hear any untoward sounds. I went to a […]
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Saturday, 11th August 2012 Reykjavik – Blue Lagoon – Alafoss (wool shop and Sigur Ros) – Gljufrasteinn (Haldor Laxness museum) Not that you will need or want to know, but I am writing this in a distracted state with the most bubbly, gurgly, upset tummy imaginable. I have had to rush to the toilet a
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Saturday, 18th August 2012 Reykjavik I need to stay alert for another hour and 20 minutes so I can walk to the harbour to see the fireworks at 11pm. I am eating an unexpectedly tasty chocolate coated wafer and drinking a herbal tea that promises to invigorate. The rest of the city is probably out
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Monday, 13th August 2012 Vik (black sand beach, cliffs and puffins) – glacier – Dyrhólaey (cliffs and puffins) – Skógafoss (waterfall) – Grafarvogslaug Reykjavik (swimming pools) I have had an amazing but exhausting day. I don’t even know where to begin, there were too many highlights. I chose today to do my big drive as
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Wednesday, 15th August 2012 Stykkishólmur (harbour town) – Ytri-Tunga (beach with seals) Another fantastic day in Iceland. All went to plan and I drove to Stykkishólmur, about 180km away. As usual, it took longer than it should have taken because I kept stopping to either gawp in wonder or to take photographs. It’s not a
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Sunday, 12th August 2012 Reykjavik: beach swimming – graffiti – Penis Museum – flea market – Sea Baron (best lobster soup in the world) I awoke at about 6am, having slept from about 10pm, nothing short of a miracle in my sleeping world. I felt very sleepy still. At 7am, I decided to get up
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