Well as promise my blog following minions, I am ready to tell you about the fascinating world of Pingvalla. The wild and mysterious Golden Circle. Here in the mountains where the ground moves and steams and every 7 mins spews boiling water into the air. This is the land of elves and trolls. We were picked up from the horse farm for the afternoon leg of the Golden Circle Tour. The bus was already almost full with the morning crowd from the Blue Lagoon. A nice g...

I must say this country had a different look. Even though there was not many trees around. In the morning we headed off to the horse riding lodge. Even though they are called 'horses' they were really pony size. But they are called Viking Horses. This was Rod's first time riding with me and it was an experience. It was stupid for me to tell the lady I knew how to ride because she put me on the worst horse ever. It was an experience to ride such small ponies and a...

Word for today, Giddy Up. Next word woooaaahhhhh!!!! You guessed it my blog reading friends, we started the day with a horse riding trip in the mountains east of Reykjavik. Not too early start from the YHA with an 8:45 pick and bus change at Gray Line. A very Vikingesc 6' blonde blue eyed reception guy checked us in and directed us to the Horse Farm Bus. A very horsy looking lady arrived with the bus and we were off for the 45 min drive into the mountains above t...

As we promised ourselves, this was going to be a chill out day so we went to the Blue Lagoon. This is a must do on an Iceland trip. Sea water spilling in then volcanically heated and drifting around large pools forming a pastel blue shade from all the silica in the water. Add thousands of wallowing humans, a bar and day spa and it feels like several relaxing hours floating as part of a human soup. This is exactly what Chris and I did. Pre shower after getting int...

Today, after a morning running around west London looking at parks and palaces we flew to Reykjavik in Iceland. The Arctic blast Adele told us about was still here. The flight was a bit bouncy and we sat next to a French lady who hated all that sunshine interrupting her movie so she closed the blind and we had no view. Good luck getting out went you need a pee sweetheart. After landing with empty bladders and no blood clots, we strolled through the less than b...