Iceland, a notebook, a slow and drawn adventure
L’aventure sur place est terminée…mais vous pouvez être prévenu par e-mail lors de la sortie du livre !
Le livre arrive — soyez-en
Après les fjords, les tempêtes et les renards, vient l’étape la plus redoutable : le bureau. Gabrielle s’attaque à la mise en page, aux dernières illustrations et à la correction des textes. Le livre devrait être prêt pour la fin de l’été ou le début de l’automne 2026 — météo éditoriale favorable, pour une fois. Pour ne pas rater la sortie, laissez-nous votre adresse e-mail à droite : on vous écrira le grand jour venu, et pas avant.
If you missed the previous episodes:
📅 08/21/2025 – Small adjustments in capitals
📍 ///classics.crab.inclined Morning in town to sort out a few unfinished business. While Gabrielle draws, I find an optician who agrees to take care of my glasses, which survived their adventure folded in the tent at Hornstrandir. Since then,...
📅 08.20.2025 – Heading for Reykjavik
📍 ///optician.inclement.chemistry It's been sunny for three days now, and it feels amazing. There are very few clouds on the horizon, which is almost surprising. It's a bit of a stopover day before heading back to the capital to make the various adjustments before the...
🗓️ 08/19/2025 – Hot springs, shipwrecks and cliffs
📍 ///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...
🗓️ 08/18/2025 – Bumpy road and hot springs
📍 ///often.plop.gating Unlike 2016, this time we decided to continue driving on this chaotic track. It's as rutted as it is splendid, each pothole seeming to hide a panorama more impressive than the last. We wonder...
📅 08/18/2025 — The 20-cent repair and the lighthouse at the end of the world
📍 ///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...
📅 08/17/2025 — Cocoon day in Ísafjörður
📍 ///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...
📆 08.17.2025 — The wind, master of Hornstrandir
📍 ///vampire.bareness.aspect The wind blew all night and for a good part of the day. I can't imagine the situation in Hornstrandir. It's a beautiful area, and it's understandable that Icelanders want to keep it pristine for generations to come...
📆 08/16/2025 — Return to Ísafjörður
📍 ///rouses.pulsates.weaken We weren't lied to. Well... almost. 🌬️ During the night, the wind picked up violently, accompanied by rain. Suffice to say that my dreams of returning to the former American base at Straumnesfjall vanished: the rain is still okay,...
📆 08/15/2025 — Hesteyri
📍 ///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...
📆 14.08.2025 — Hlöðuvík to Hesteyri
📍 ///newlywed.placemat.fajitas 14 km between Hlöðuvík and Hesteyri. The first 5-6 in a light but steady rain, the kind that never falls hard enough to convince you to bring out the big guns, but which eventually penetrates all the layers and hits...
📆 08/13/2025 — Hlöðuvík
📍 ///proteins.gridded.comebacks The. Rain. Has. Stopped. Yes, yes. We didn't believe it anymore. We left as soon as possible, heading for Hlöðuvík, 10 km from here. Two passes to cross, some technical sections—enough to dampen the troops' morale, quickly boosted in Búðir,...
📆 12.08.2025 — Hornstrandir
📍 ///indirect.highlighted.detrimental It's raining. Hard. Since yesterday. Non-stop. Cold, wind, humidity: everything is getting complicated. Cooking requires precise logistics so as not to turn the tent into a fire pit. Water has to be fetched from the other...
📆 11.08.2025 — The Horn
📍 ///indirect.highlighted.detrimental After a few stops to drop off and pick up hikers—or exhausted guides—we finally arrive at Hornvík, the main camp of Hornstrandir. While Gabrielle sketches the captain on the boat, I disembark to...
11.08.2025 — Puffins at sea
📍 ///programmers.panicked.surviving A little bonus post, because we're still getting signal while we're sailing - and after the peninsula on the horizon, complete silence awaits us. The crossing is going well... at least for the first half hour. We see dozens of...
📆 11.08.2025 — Last moments of connection
📍 ///queries.counteract.reveal The quayside is calm. The wind carries the smell of salt and the open sea. The bags already weigh on our shoulders, but it's our hearts that beat faster. In less than an hour, the sea will be our route and the horizon our only compass. There we are...
📆 08/10/2025 — Last kilometers before the unknown
📍 ///newbie.guacamole.confuses We set off from our rest area, heading for Ísafjörður. The road is long, but we had planned a few stops. First stop: a hot spring I spotted in my notes... except it apparently no longer exists. We improvise and...
📆 10.08.2025 — Tacos, hot springs & Icelandic crossing
📍 ///triumph.washy.cried — right near the waterfall where we slept. The sun is finally shining this afternoon in Akureyri. With laundry taking longer than expected, we took the opportunity to enjoy some tacos before heading back to Ísafjörður. The...
📆 09.08.2025 — Technical adjustments in Akureyri
📍 ///dearest.cheaply.linked 📸 Photo: Akureyri's iconic church Given the persistent cold, we need to rethink our strategy. The tent keeps the heat in well, the sleeping bags do the job, but preparing meals remains a real challenge. Setting up the annex for protection requires...