The weather forecast was pretty bad, so we decided to travel east. We drove past Akureyri and stopped in Husavík at the Café Hérna (highly recommendable!). In 2014 we did a whale watching tour from Husavík. That trip was actually quite successful, but I felt so sick I don’t even remember having seen a whale……

Ólafsfjörður is a little town between Dalvík and Siglufjörður. It’s a skiing resort from October till April. We stayed here a few days within that week. In 2014, when we drove around Iceland in a rented car, we stayed two nights in one of these little huts, with our own jacuzzi on the balcony! Ólafsfjörður…

Siglufjörður used to be an important little town in the 1940s and 1950s because of the herring industry. Now the population has shrunk considerably, because herring fishing is no longer productive in this region. We spent a couple of days in that village within that week. Siglufjörður war eine wichtige Stadt in den 40-er und…

Leaving Varmaland in the rain, to Skagaströnd. We had a lovely meal at the harbour restaurant 🙂 It’s always amazing how the restaurants (houses in general) look from the outside… Not very inviting! Wir verliessen Varmaland im Regen und fuhren nach Skagaströnd. Im Hafen-Restaurant hatten wir eine sehr leckere Mahlzeit 🙂 Es ist immer wieder…

I felt like I was in the wrong movie. After being in Iceland for more than 10 weeks, and hardly ever seeing any other cars, we were flabbergasted to see so many cars all at once! Ich fühlte mich im falschen Film. Nachdem wir mehr als 10 Wochen in Island herumgefahren sind, ohne je viele…

Drive to Vík and further to Dyrhólay. The landscape was mostly flat, with lots of lava. Fahrt nach Vík und weiter nach Dyrhólay. Die Landschaft war mehrheitlich flach, mit viel Lava. At one point a lot of sand was in the air… Einmal sahen wir ganz viel Sand in der Luft… Otherwise not much change….

Our journey took us further south, along the ring road. The glaciers are amazing! Unsere Reise führte uns in den Süden, der Ringstrasse entlang. Die Gletscher sind faszinierend! A turnoff onto a pretty bumpy 8km long gravel road took us to the glacier Heinabergsjökull. Eine Abzweigung auf eine holprige 8km lange Schotterstrasse führte uns zum…

The ducks, and also some geese, were still around the next day. Die Enten, und auch einige Gänse, waren am nächsten Tag immer noch da. The duckling tried to stop its mother from swimming away 😉 Das Entchen versuchte, seine Mutter am davonschwimmen zu hindern 😉 We left Reyðarfjörður and drove along the coast to…

Last impressions of Borgarfjörður eystri. In Iceland they mostly use wooden scaffolding! Letzte Impressionen von Borgarfjörður eystri. In Island sind Baugerüste meistens aus Holz! The canyon Innra-Hvannagil and Stórurð that I mentioned in the last blog. Die Schlucht Innra-Hvannagil und Stórurð, welche ich im letzten Blog erwähnt habe. Driving further north, because the weather was…

One of the many attractions in Iceland are the puffins 🙂 In Bakkagerði (or Borgarfjörður eystri as it’s commonly called) there is a population of about 10’000 pairs every summer. They breed on land and raise their chicks, then they live out on sea the rest of the year. That means, the puffins are only…