Entering Akureyri the heart shaped red traffic lights caught my attention. Installed during the crisis to keep up the positive thinking I read later on. Basically everywhere in Iceland there is wifi in bars, restaurants, big supermarkets (Netto, Bonus and Hagkaup) and in the Airbnb’s we rented. After a day rest we decided to go…
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Alien landscape
From Egilsstadir to Akureyri is a very special ride. It is like riding through an alien landscape. Winding roads that take you through magnificent valleys with volcanic rocks, mountains and striking light fall over the landscape. Around every corner you get jawbreaking surprises. We did a small detour to visit the Dettifoss waterfalls which is…
From South to North; fjords
From Höfn we drove north along various fjords to Egilsstadir. Dramatic landscapes but a lot of strong wind. Gusts of wind bashing in to you after rounding fjords is tricky to ride. Just before we arrived in Egilsstadir we drove through a 6 km tunnel. Which was welcome to warm up because temperature gets pretty…
On the move
We are five days on the move now and what a ride! The landscape is changing all the time from a moon landscape to fields with purple flowers to fairy tale like waterfalls and glaciers. Day 1 we drove the Golden circle which is very touristic but worth doing. Day 2 we headed south to…
Reunited
Finally I am reunited with Bumblebee. After a long night flight, bus ride and short walk we arrived at our Airbnb. Today we went by bus to the harbour of Reykjavik in the afternoon and got our bikes back. So nice to ride again after 10 days sabbatical 🙂 First impression of Iceland? Beautiful views,…
Bucket list
Riding around Iceland was on my bucket list for a long time. But who could have thought that I would be riding around Iceland on my own motorbike! We (3 friends, husband and me) explored all 3 options; taking the ferry from Denmark to Iceland, renting bikes on Iceland or shipping our own bikes to…
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