Iceland
Iceland
Saturday (Reykjavik)
Pick up rental car
Drive to Blue Lagoon
Breakfast at Café
Blue Lagoon - amazing. Comfort package gets you free silica mask and drink and towel
Drive to Reykjavik
Staying at Center Hotels Plaza (great location
Lunch at Messin
-Fish Burger
-Icelandic “Plokkfiskur”
Walked thru Flea Market - eh
Nap
Wine at hotel bar
Dinner at Food Cellar (Matarkjallarinn)
-Grilled Green Asparagus
-Duck Leg Confit
-Manhattan / Old Fashioned
-Delicious!
Drink at Duck and Rose
Sunday (Drive to Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon)
Breakfast at hotel
Drove thru some very cute towns and gorgeous landscapes
Stopped at Seljalandsfoss (waterfall) incredible!
Reynisfjara (black sand beach w basalt columns)
Lunch at Ice Cave Restaurant
-Gull Beer
-Ice Cave Burger
-Grilled Ham & Cheese
Snacks for tomorrow at grocery
Gorgeous drive to Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon (very cool)
Happy Hour at bar
Dinner at hotel restaurant
-Baby Gem Salad
-Arctic Char
-Pickled Fennel
Nightcap at bar
3:45am Norther Lights wake up call
Monday
Breakfast at hotel
Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon
Ice Guides Ice Cave Tour (ended up private!) awesome!!
Hour drive east to Hofn
Reindeer!
Lunch at Pakkhus
-Lobster Sandwich
-Beer
Drive back to hotel
Eystri-Fellsfjara / Diamond Beach
Happy hour at bar
Sauna
Dinner at bar - cheese plate / chicken sandwich
Met Joe and Natalie
Tuesday (drive to Greenhouse)
Breakfast at hotel
Coffee in Vin
Skogafoss - WOW!
Greenhouse Hotel - AMAZING!
Reykjadalur Hot Spring Thermal River hike - yes!
Dinner/Drinks at Food Hall - Tacos
Went out twice to see Northern Lights - 2nd time success!
Wednesday (drive to Gulfoss)
Breakfast at Hotel
Kerid Crater - VERY windy
Strokkur in Geysir
Lunch at Geysir Bistro
-Burger
-Veg burger
-beer
Gulfoss (waterfall) amazing but WINDY
Hotel Gulfoss - eh
Dinner at Hotel Geyser - WOW!!!
-whiskey sour
-Manhattan
-Beet Carpaccio
-Tomato Soup
-Veg Risotto
-Lamb Chops
-incredible hotel that used to be a gymnastics school. In the family for years.
Hung at hotel
Weak Northern Lights sighting
Thursday
Breakfast at hotel
Drive to Pingvellir
Adventure Vikings Silfra Fissure Snorkel
-AMAZING
Drive to Reykjavik
Hotel Von
Stroll down Laugavegur
Dinner at Sumac
-Meze 8 course
-Flatbread w roasted red pepper & labneh and garlic
-Octopus w pickled plums and hummus
-Duck wrapped w filo w cinnamon and almonds
-Grilled Cabbage over labneh w hazelnuts
-Arctic Char
-Lamb with pomegranate and apricot
-Eggplant w aioli
-Rice Panna Cotta w caramelized tahini, coconut crunch and raspberry
-Penicillin (Albinslin)
-Margarita (Saha)
-Manhattan
Northern Lights
Friday:
Breakfast at Te & Kaffi
-Americano
-Pastry
Shopping on Laugavegur
Lunch at Svarta Kaffid
-potato leek soup in bread bowl
-Gull beer
Drive to airport