Destinations | Finding Todd

Iceland

16 blogs

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 1

Sunrise to sunset

After a sleepless night in Seattle I woke up at 9am, got all my stuff together, ate some breakfast and by 11:30am I was on my way to the airport!… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 2

Bitter Sleep Symphony

Well, my persistent cold and lack of sleep due to my nagging cough finally caught up with me. After a very ambitious (and long) day yesterday I took it easy today. … read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 3

Walking tour and the world famous hot dog

After sleeping most of the day yesterday I found myself up at 4am this morning after only 4 hours sleep. I have to say I am getting extremely good at… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 4

Heading out west

So after a few days Dorianne and I are on completely different sleep times. My cough has led me to sleep at the weirdest times and last night was no… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 5

Searching for a petrified troll

After a beautiful day yesterday, it was inevitable that the weather would catch up with us and sure enough, when we hit the road this morning it was grey and… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 6

Horsey ride and the best dinner EVER!

There were only the two of us staying at the hostel last night so I decided to sleep on the couch in the common room so Dorianne could have the… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 7

Snowmobiling and my love affair with Rub 23

Today started at 6am for me. I had to call Siggi at Extreme Icelandic Adventures at 9:30 to double check that the weather was cooperating and wasn’t too windy to… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 8

Whales, volcanoes and caves

For some ungodly reason I woke up at 3:30am this morning. As experience has taught me – once I’m up, I’m up. I quietly crept out of the dorm room… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 9

Going through a phase. Well, actually three of them.

You know I sit in the car during our long rides to our next destination thinking up these whimsical blog titles. Anyway the title refers to the different phases of… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 10

Stuck in a ditch

So today was an interesting day. It started this morning when Dorianne informed me she had left her camera behind in the bistro last night. Problem is the bistro only… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 11

Okay, first of all… we all knew there was no way I was going to get through this trip without using that as a blog title… I didn’t just randomly… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 12A

Well, if yesterday was all about the ice – today was about water. Ice and I got along just fine yesterday. Mind you, I did walk all over it so… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 12B

After a long day travelling from Vik back to Reykjavik. I got settled in and headed out into the Reykjavik night for a nice meal. I asked the girl at… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 13

A few detours along the way to the Penis Museum

Yeah, you read that title right – Reykjavik is home to the Icelandic Phallological Museum or as it’s more commonly known – The Penis Museum. Believe or not, this place is… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 14

Shopping, a bus ride to nowhere and more amazing food

Well, whatcha know – it’s my last full day in Iceland! Dorianne left in the early morning hours before I awoke so, officially, the great travel partner experiment is over.… read more

Icy Trip 2013 | Day 15

Goodbye Iceland!

Well, it had to come sometime – the end of Icy Trip 2013. My flight wasn’t until 5:00pm and even with a 3 hour checkin time I still had plenty… read more