Geysir & Strokkur

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:25:24 -0700

By Noosha Fun language fact! Did you know there's an Icelandic word in the English language? Geysir (or as we spell it, geyser). It's a name given to an erupting spring in Iceland and is derived from the Icelandic verb "to gush". You're welcome. ...

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The Puffington Post

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:14:39 -0700

By Noosha This day was full of squeals (mainly by me) because we saw puffins!! We took a 3 hour ferry ride from Dalvik to the little fishing island of Grimsey located off of the northern coast. Grimsey's claim to fame is that it's bisected by th...

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Dettifoss, Hverarond Mud Pits, & Lake Mývatn

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:17:48 -0700

Detifoss Detifoss is the largest waterfall in Europe by volume of water discharged. The foss is fed by melt from the Vatnajökull glacier, which is the largest glacier in Europe. Detifoss is in a remote, desolate part of northeast Iceland. One ...

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Random Shots

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:05:49 -0700

Here are a few random shots I thought were pretty. They are from our driving tour along the eastern part of Iceland. These are pictures from one of the farms. This was the closet thing to still functioning farm with 150 head of sheep. One of th...

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Glaciers! Glaciers! Glaciers! or Jökulls as the yokels call them. ;)

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:11:05 -0700

By Brian (and sometimes Noosha) In Iceland jökulls (pronounced yo-kull) aren't the strange folks you see living in small town, they are glaciers - like Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe. We saw many portions of several jökulls along the...

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Southern Iceland

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:20:30 -0700

By Brian Southern Iceland was a beautiful mix of lush green rolling terrain, views of the Atlantic Ocean, waterfalls (or foss in Icelandic), and glaciers (more on those in another post). We departed Reykjavik heading east on our counter-clockwis...

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Oh Lack of Internets

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:24:29 -0700

Weather in Grimsey was great and the seas were almost flat on the way there and back. Which was good because we were below deck for the entire 3 hour ride back as all the top side seats inside were taken by the time we got on board. We crossed o...

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Greetings from Eglisstaðir!

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:06:25 -0700

Hello all, we haven´t had internet service at any of the farmhouses and don´t expect to be back online until we return to Reykjavik on June 25. We have stayed at two guesthouses in two beautiful areas! The scenery in the countryside is amazing! W...

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Leaving Reykjavik

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:14:15 -0700

By Noosha We're off on an 8 day countryside farmhouse self-drive tour. We're not sure what internet connectivity will be like at each farmhouse, but we'll be in touch time and internet permitting. Our itinerary *click*. The only difference is th...

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Vestmannaeyjar

nobody@vox.com(nomadicbynature) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:11 -0700

By Brian Vestmannaeyjar Islands are off the southwest coast of Iceland. We visited the largest and only inhabited island - Heimaey. The island is famous for the 1973 volcano which erupted just outside of town, covering nearly 1/3 of the villa...

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