Just managed to book an awesome Toyota RAV4 4x4 car for our ride around the island. It's a great car, plus - we're getting the new 2014 model (with complimentary GPS). Yay!!! :)

Today, I managed to book the hotel in Hiroshima (1 night). Yay! :)

Finally finished making reservations for the hotels around the island and in Copenhagen: 2 (complimentary) nights in Reykjavik. 1 night in Selfoss. 1 night in Kirkjubaejarklaustur (yeah, there's such a place...). 2 nights in Egilsstadir. 2 nights in Akureyri. 1 (complimentary) night in Reykjavik. 1 night in Keflavik. 1 night in Copenhagen. Up next - get a proper car and book some more itineraries. :)

Today, I managed to book the hotel in Kyoto (3 nights). Yay! :)

Well, after some extensive reading, I started planning the itineraries for our 10 days in Iceland. As the temperatures are still just a bit over freezing point, this would be another cold trip, but we'll make the most of it by plunging into hot pools, which makes Iceland so famous. I decided we'd do a counter-clockwise circular tour of the island, stopping over in 3 and 4-star hotels (there are no luxury 5-star hotels in Iceland). EVERYTHING is expensive, but thi...