by bre | Aug 22, 2025 | On the way, Hot springs, Disordered thoughts, Visit
📍 ///mattresses.scrubbers.ditty Once the tent is folded – not without difficulty because of the rain, wind, and cold – we set off in search of water and, above all, gasoline, the real lifeblood of these lands. Then, as Iceland obliges, we stop at Geysir, the famous geyser...
by bre | Aug 21, 2025 | On the way, Hot springs, Visit
📍 ///offshoot.biodiversity.commented After several weeks in the fjords and remotest corners of Iceland, a radical change of scenery awaits: here we are in Reykjavik, the world's northernmost capital. Founded in 874 by Ingólfur Arnarson, a chieftain...
by bre | Aug 19, 2025 | Art, Hot springs, Daily life, Visit
📍 ///tatters.pays.busload When you wake up, there's nothing like a hot bath to start the day... and get behind schedule 😅 But in reality, apart from being in Seyðisfjörður on the evening of the 27th, everything is quite flexible. A 1-2 day stop in Reykjavík is planned, for...
by bre | Aug 18, 2025 | Watercolor, On the way, Tech, Visit
📍 ///couplets.grandstand.dictionary It's time to leave, a little tidying up, we'll get the car ready, and we'll leave Ísafjörður. But first, a thrift store—always interesting to see what's being sold secondhand. While Gabrielle hunts for bargains, I tackle a problem that...
by bre | Aug 17, 2025 | Preparations, Daily life, Visit
📍 ///sweltering.squishy.vine This morning, the wind is still blowing strongly—to catch our breath, it's a recovery day. The morning is dedicated to visiting the Westfjords Heritage Museum, housed in one of the oldest half-timbered houses in Isafjörður. The...
by bre | Aug 15, 2025 | Daily life, Visit
📍 ///manufactured.barn.sabotaged I take advantage of a nearby café to warm up and glean information on the weather, the region and especially the possibility of going to see the former American base of Straumnesfjall. Verdict: complicated... Tomorrow wind, Sunday...
