Iceland

I'll start this off by saying that this was hands down my favorite trip that I've taken. My husband and I did this trip together and we had an amazing time. If you have 9 days and enjoy beautiful scenery and driving, this is the trip for you!

Day 1: Land in Keflavik, pick up rental car, drive to Snaeffalsness peninsula

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Day 1

We landed in Keflavik airport at 7am, and then we took a shuttle bus to the rental car location. Once we picked up our little sprinter van, we took off. First, we stopped in Reykjavik to walk around a bit and to see the cathedral. It's a cute city, and you can certainly spend more time here if you'd like, but we wanted to prioritize getting out to nature instead of spending more time in the city. From there, we drove to our first hike. 

If you want to spend more time in Reykiavik, here are some things you could do:

-whale watching boat tour

-boat tour to puffin island

-the indoor experience the gays told us about

Our first hike was great, it was a scenic walk by a gorge with a few caves and a nice waterfall at the end. 

Views from Reykjavik

Our sprinter van for the week

First hike of the trip!

A rainbow on our hike

After our first hike, we drove to our next stop, ***** waterfall. This was just a short walk to the overlook of the falls. 

Waterfall *get the name*

We drove from here to these lava columns. ***

The morning at our campsite

Kirkjufell 

** beach

Icelandic lighthouse and lava fields

Crater hike

Black sand beach

Parking lot at ***

***Gorge

Black Church

Spam, rice, and seaweed at the campsite

Walking on a frozen lake at a pull off

**falls

Geosea Geo-thermal Pools

The view from Husavik 

An arial view of the pools

Fish and chips after the spa

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The view from our campsite

Viti Crater

Tuna, rice, and peas at our campsite

Icelandic horse

Puffin viewing in ***

Lamb, Icelandic stone bread, veggies and rice

A short hike from our campsite with a view of ***

**** waterfall

**** black sand beach

Batman mountain

Gas station hot dog

Glacier lagoon

Diamond beach

Dinner picnic at our campsite

Post dinner chess in the van

****waterfall

Picnic at Skogafoss waterfall

 The hike above Skogafoss

Double rainbow

another geothermal spa

Ice climbing!

An ice tunnel

Seljalandsfoss waterfall

One last sunset in Iceland

Walking to the grocery store

Icelandic church in Keflavik