So.....we were in the room getting ready to leave after breakfast when there was a knock at the door - the travel agent in the UK wanting to speak to us about our 45 minute flight from Akureyri back down to Reykjavik. We called them and they told us to call the airline in Akureyri - they wanted everyone on earlier flights as there was a really bad storm forecast (Yellow Warning) - ours was 4.15pm take-off - but they only had two seats left so we were left with Ho...

Another fantastic day, with two iconic Icelandic experiences in one day - the geothermal Jardbodin at Myvatn, and a fantastic display of the Northern Lights after dinner, from just outside the hotel. We had a slowish start to the day - the plan was to visit the Nature Baths after 12 as that is when it opens. After breakfast etc, we set off to explore the Myvatn area. The lake was mostly defrosted, but there was still a lot of snow and ice on the ground. We mad...

Today we left Akureyri and headed for Myvatn against the backdrop of Yellow Weather Warnings from the Iceland weather service and an e-mail from the travel agents warning us too! We set off after breakfast - we crossed over the fjord and started the climb into the mountains. There was some wind and lots of snow on the slopes but the roads were clear. After we'd finished the descent we were soon at Godafoss, (the waterfall of the gods...). We definitely needed t...

Today was an amazing day - went whale watching and caught cod which we ate at a fish barbecue later at the whaling centre. We had been debating whether we had time to do anything before whale watching - swimming or the aviation museum were considered before being abandoned - there wasn't enough time as we had to leave Akureyri by midday to get to the boat in time so we had a little stroll through the town instead and did a little shopping. We got to the whale w...

Today we drove from Varmahlid to Akureyri. We had a minor hiccup in the morning when we had to fill up Adblue in the car (no idea what it was but apparently it is an engine-cleaning additive, that the car's readout said would stop the car working if not replaced). So we thought it best to replace it... Mary-Ann drove today and so I could see around us more. There was quite a climb through the mountains and although there was still lots of snow, the roads were c...