Day 2 the golden circle

Well, it's really a triangle.

Day 1, hegchavatalyngatn

We arrived. Drove past lauganvytavetrwn,  bridgamengartnwyllkn, and had breakfast at cafe paris, where paula's egg sandwich turned out to be a grilled cheese sandwich with a runny wobbly egg on top.

Vik to Hofn (expanded)

Upon leaving our B&B in Vik, the owner showed us a map and said we should take road 206 to go to a beautiful canyon.  I pointed out that we did not have an all wheel drive car but she reassured us that the road was for any car.  So we dutifully turned down road 206 which quickly turned into a gravel road and then turned into a 1 lane rocky road down a winding steep mountainside. We weren't covered for gravel or the undercarriage!   At the bottom there were around 20 cars, 2 bathrooms and a path up a hill leading to spectacular views of this canyon.

Continuing east, our next stop was the glacier lagoon where we took a boat ride to get up close to the ice.  The colours were brilliant!

One interesting tid bit we learned was that this was the lagoon used for a Bond movie where they needed to drive on ice.  But the lagoon was not frozen.  So a wall was put in, blocking the passage to the ocean, thus preventing the warmer salt water from entering the lagoon and voila, the lagoon froze and the movie was filmed on the ice.

At airport

We sailed through the airport rigmarole and are now relaxing with gastrolyte and various antibiotics. 

Ready to go

All packed. Ready for adventures.

#ready

Booked this tour:

https://insidethevolcano.com/

And bought these:

1 week to departure.  Here is our route: