Just got back from

04 March 2024, 08:17 AM

rontuner

Just got back from

Iceland!

We booked one of those advertised trips with Iceland air which included hotel and 3 experiences in addition to the Blue Lagoon straight from the airport.

We chose the following:

1. Circle bus tour (8hrs)
2. Lava show
3. Northern lights cruise (2 hrs)

What a trip! We got lucky with the weather - sunshine most days, temps between 20ish and 30ish. Our outgoing flight was delayed about 3 hours with the crazy storms in Chicago. (see WTG's other thread)

We never would've booked a bus tour on our own but really enjoyed the informative display of different features not far from Reykjavik.

The food and people was wonderful - the breakfast buffet at the hotel was amazing with the spread of food.

We managed to experience the Blue Lagoon between closings due to volcanic events. We drove in on a new road made right over a lava flow...

Booked our own visit to Sky Lagoon not far from town for stunning sunset views.

Didn't get to ride the horses, or go on a glacier experience or many other things available.

Maybe if I figure out how to post an album of pictures.... (any suggestions?)

04 March 2024, 08:37 AM

markj

Sounds like a great trip!

I use https://postimg.cc/ to host images. You can sign-up for free and use it for free too. Create albums, etc.

04 March 2024, 09:10 AM

ShiroKuro

Wow, that sounds amazing!

I use https://postimages.org/ for photos. If you make an account (it's free), you can set up an album, or multiple albums. You can set the size when you upload, so you don't have to resize your photos. I use the setting for 640x840 for message boards, that way it doesn't blow up the thread. And you can easily delete or set an expiration date as well.

04 March 2024, 05:28 PM

wtg

That does sound great. Would love to see the pics!

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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

Bazootiehead-in-training

05 March 2024, 06:31 AM

Daniel

I knew it would be somewhere exciting!

I just had a feeling.

Good for you.

05 March 2024, 08:10 PM

CHAS

I am jealous.
Bob refused to go because of the name-Iceland.
He is a warm weather bird.

07 March 2024, 01:38 PM

rontuner

Pictures!

https://postimg.cc/gallery/RM2s25S

07 March 2024, 07:52 PM

wtg

Thanks for posting the pics!

Your hat looks very Icelandic.

The scenery is beautiful.

And that buffet looks delicious.

Would you go again?

07 March 2024, 10:04 PM

rontuner

MrsTuner is all ready to go again! We had such good weather, it would be hard to repeat. So many of our friends have gone to near freezing sideways rain...

But yes, I think there are plenty of other things to see and do! It was pricy for us, so we won't be going right away.

07 March 2024, 10:15 PM

ShiroKuro

Great photos, thanks for sharing them Ron!

08 March 2024, 01:34 PM

big al

ThaJnks for sharing the pictures. I especially enjoyed seeing the auroras. I haven't seen them myself since they became visible on the northern horizon when I was a boy in Ohio. They're never visible around my present home because of the skylight from artificial lighting. I can't even see the Milky Way at night.

The pictures reminded me of the travelogues that JonNYC used to post. Maybe that practice deserves a revival.

Big Al

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Why does everything have to be so complicated, all in the name of convenience. -ShiroKuro

A lifetime of experience will change a person. If it doesn't, then you're already dead inside. -MarkJ