We heart Icelandair!! No seats left in the carriage so we got upgraded to 1st class, our lucky day!!! This consisted of champagne on arrival, wine and any other drinks on tap, a fancy three course meal with bread and cheese to follow, huge seats, blankets, pillows, dr.dre like headphones and L'Octtaine goodies. Look around us and its full of older, posh or well dressed people, and there's us in our three day old clothes. But if I could fly like that every time,...

Sunday we went on another Iceland Guided Tour, igtours.is, to the Golden Circle, one of the most popular tours in Iceland. Another beautiful day, very unexpected again, with out tour guide Odinn. So again we got some history on the island... It's made up of 800 volcanos; 200 of which are active, 20 which are very actively and 10 which are highly active. They average having a volcanic eruption every 3 years. And part of the reason for this is that Iceland lies ...

On Saturday, we started the day with a whale watching tour, courtesy of 'Life of Whales'. Went on a purpose built whale watching boat called Rosin, into Faxafloi bay. The water was soo calm, with hardly any wind so apparent perfect conditions to spot whales. Had literally sailed for 10 minutes when we spotted our first whale, a minke one. And this continued every couple of Minutes for the next two hours. Was soo exciting trying to spot them, me giving a little s...

Today we went on the South Coast and Glacier Hike with Iceland Guided Tours. Great little tour company that take you in small mini buses, meaning its more personal than a big Ulsterbus and you get an input to stop if you see something you want to photograph. The driver/guide Bryan was very informative but have to admit, since I've arrived, I've fallen asleep at every opportunity! Nothing changes Cinda, eh? You'd think I'd be full of energy as I'm not working, t...

Paradise or what!! Picked up from the airport, with a ridiculous amount of luggage; my rucksack on the back and a backpack the front, but taken to complete relaxation. The waters are milky blue, (they don't stink as much as I thought they would), just the perfect water temperature, between 36 and 39C and free silica face and body mask to leave skin smooth and rejuvenated. First impression of Iceland... I have never seen a landscape like it. No trees just grass, ...