We had opted for the 8.30 sitting at breakfast this morning so we could get an early start on our drive around Skye. We were also keen to try to get a little ahead of the weather which started out grey but was reported to get gradually worse all day.…
We woke to a brighter day this morning and a wonderful full Scottish breakfast which included an excellent Black Pudding, you know you’re in Scotland when there’s black pudding on the menu…now I only need haggis and I’ll be happy 🙂 We didnt hang around though as we were…
We had to get up at, as Simon calls it, stupid-oclock to get to the airport in time to catch out flights from Keflavik airport. It was sad to say goodbye to Simon and Jatta but at least we know we will see them again in a couple of weeks…
It was raining when I went to sleep and raining when I woke but I slept like a log in between, all that fresh air helps! We had a longer drive today and a deadline to meet so we set out promptly at 8.30 and drove back through Akureyri town…
The Old School House was a very comfortable AirBnb loction, however it is set up with one apartment on the ground floor ( us) and one apartment on the top floor ( a family of heavy footed hippos!) We were woken at 7am by the hippos as they were getting…
Breakfast this morning was tasty but the best thing about the meal was the view! The other nice thing about the morning was a hot shower. We had no hot water last night at all in our room or Simon’s which was a bit of a worry. Fortunately we could…
We really were blessed today. It was an absolutley extraordinary day of amazing scenery in glorious sunshine, something we learned has been in short supply here over the summer. We had a big day of sightseeing planned so we hit the road promptly at 9am for a short drive down…
Iceland certainly lived up to the hype today! We woke to more rain and drove out of Reykjavik in heavy showers which wasn’t very encouraging. However they tell you that if you don’t like the weather in Iceland just wait 5 minutes and it will change…and it certainly did! Throughout…
We’ve left the sun behind in Finland! After a leisurely breakfast we set out to see the sights of Reykjavik in a drizzly rain that lasted all day. A stroll down the main shopping street, Laugavegur , we checked out a selection of the ( many) souvenir stores before a…
Most of the day was spent in transit, Simon and Jatta met us in the lobby just after ten and we hit the road back to Helsinki airport. Everything went very smoothly with checkin and we had our Icelandair boarding passes all ready to go. The flight was a bit…
Jetlag is a beast! I suppose I was lucky that I slept through to 5am but there was no way my bodyclock was going to let me sleep any later. We had another slow start, with a leisurely breakfast and a bit of blogging but we decided to head outside…
A good night’s sleep in a proper bed is like heaven after 2 days of travel! The bed was comfy and breakfast was abundant – some interesting options on the breakfast buffet that are very familiar to Finns but new to us – Karelian Pies are an oval pastry tart…
