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…

Möðrudalur is an unusual campsite, with its turf houses! In the one house is the kitchen, in another one are toilets 🙂 The restaurant is also recommendable – we were there last year for a lovely meal. Möðrudalur ist ein ungewöhnlicher Campingplatz, mit seinen Turfhäusern! In einem der Häuser ist die Küche, in einem anderen…

Mývatn was our destination for that day 🙂 Unser Ziel für jenen Tag war Mývatn 🙂 We climbed Vindbelgjarfjall first. The difference in altitude was only 270 metres, but for my poorly bronchia it was a bit of challenge because it was quite steep. Zuerst stiegen wir auf den Vindbelgjarfjall. Es waren nur 270 Meter…

I needed more reading material –> we drove to Akureyri 🙂 Ich brauchte neuen Lesestoff –> wir fuhren nach Akureyri 🙂 Cool „coats“ for rubbish bins, and colourful pavements ! Coole „Mänteli“ für Abfallkübel, und farbige Trottoirs ! It’s much nicer to wait at traffic lights when the red light looks like that 🙂 Es…

Back to the north, to then head towards the east 😉 Zurück in den Norden, damit wir gegen Osten weiterreisen können 😉 Stop in Sauðárkrókur. Halt in Sauðárkrókur. We had a very tasty Fish ’n Chips at the „Hard Wok Café“ 🙂 Im „Hard Wok Café“ genossen wir ein sehr leckeres Fish ’n Chips 🙂…

We did a small trip to the highlands. At the beginning it was sunny, and the street was harmless 😉 Wir machten einen Trip ins Hochland. Am Anfang war es sonnig, und die Strasse harmlos 😉 We took the road 35, which used to be F35 (or maybe still is…?). F-roads can only be driven…

There are some places we still want to see in the east of Iceland, so we drove northeast again. Impressions en route. Wir wollten noch an ein paar Orte im Osten von Island, deshalb fuhren wir wieder gegen Nordosten. Impressionen von unterwegs. When we see people on bicycles, we always think of Georg and Jacqueline….