Iceland, a notebook, a slow and drawn adventure
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If you missed the previous episodes:
📆 04.08.2025 — A dry afternoon
📍 Location: ///windbreaker.drowsy.reopens After our morning stroll through stone giants and soggy paths, we settled down in Vestmanna for the afternoon. 🎨 Gabrielle gets out her paintbrushes, a few sketches are born in the rain, while I work on two...
📆 04.08.2025 — Between giants, rain and decisions
📍 Location: ///rounders.quicksand.sprung 🌙 After a calm night, no rain or storm, we packed up camp—still a bit messy, we'll get better at it. Then we put on our boots for our first hike together, just to get our rhythms in order, the...
📆 03.08.2025 — Faroe in sight
📍 Location: ///quail.peacemakers.background 🛳️ We arrived safely in Tórshavn at 6 p.m., right on time. After a few minutes to get back on land, we headed north to find a spot to set up camp before nightfall. 🎯 We...
📆 03.08.2025 — At sea
📍 Location: Somewhere off the Shetland Islands (the real one will be added as soon as we get it) 🌊 The night passed without incident on board, lulled by the discreet rolling of the ferry. After a hearty meal at the buffet, we didn't stay long: a little reading, then...
📆 02.08.2025 — Heading north
📍 Location: ///superb.understanding.exhaustion The ferry left the port on time. The Jimny is on board, and so are we. 🧾 A little hesitant at check-in: our valiant four-wheeled companion is not 190 cm as indicated in the reservation... but...
📆 02.08.2025 — Wind, sand… and shoes
📍 Location: ///disrespect.storing.pixies After a warm encounter on a terrace in Aarhus with a couple as curious as they were friendly, we hit the road again towards Hirtshals, the last stop before the big leap to Iceland. But before that, a...
📆 01.08.2025 — Danish detour to Aarhus
📍 Location: ///image.kebabs.racks Today, a city break in Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city, located by the sea, dynamic, student-friendly, and surprisingly peaceful. 👣 We explored the city on foot, discovering its narrow streets full of...
📆 01.08.2025 — Border crossed
📍 Location: ///graceful.twirl.frankly Leaving Hamburg without incident, the Jimny headed north in somewhat hesitant weather—half fig, half drizzle. 🌊 The spot we found for the night was about forty minutes after the Danish border: a small...
📆 07/31/2025 — Heading North
📍 Location: ///parks.visitors.crush Last night, the train finally left 3 hours late... But the railway magic worked: despite everything, it arrived on time this morning in Hamburg. (A small feat, even with the 30-minute margin due to a...
📆 07/30/2025 — Continued from today
📍 Location: ///yell.slipping.sulked After a good breakfast, we enjoyed a break in Basel: ⛪ quick visit to the cathedral, 🌊 short tour along the Rhine, 😴 and an impromptu micro-nap for the most tired. Then we headed to Lörrach, our last stop...
📆 07/30/2025 — First adjustments
📍 Location: ///films.splendid.hindered First night spent in the rooftop tent, somewhere between Bern and Basel, in a secluded spot between two forests. 🌲 The calm was there, the atmosphere too… but the technique still needs to be mastered. 🛠️ Temperature,...
🚙 The departure
So, off we go. After an aperitif offered by the University of Lausanne Computer Science Center, we loaded the last items into the car: 🧀 a good piece of Gruyère, 🥖 …and some savory flutes, much crispier than bread. The car is full,...
🚗 D–3 — It’s starting to look like a departure
Everything is in its place. The boxes are loaded, strapped down, and organized, like a little mobile survival Tetris. 📦 All that's missing are the backpacks, the drawing supplies... and a couple of last-minute odds and ends (always the hardest to fit). In the...
✏️ D–4 — On the eve of departure, a portrait and boxes
Gabrielle has arrived in Geneva. Preparations are entering their final stretch. 📦 The last orders will be delivered this evening. We're packing, sorting, and distributing. Soon, everything will fit into a few boxes, two backpacks... and a small car. 🖋️...
🌍 D–5 — The site is modernizing (a little)
Two new features on the inkavik.com website for those who want to follow the project more closely — or in English. 🇬🇧 The site is now available in English. Thanks to automatic translation, you can view all the content in the language of...
🗺️ D–6 — Tools of the past
Sometimes you make do with what you have... 🧭 I got my hands on an old GPS from 2009, second-hand, a little tired, the screen yellowed, the buttons finicky — but it will do the job. With paper maps and a compass, it will form a reliable trio. Well, provided...
🚙 D–9 — Finally ready
After a week of running between garages and making adjustments, the car is ready. 🛠️ Snorkel installed, ⚙️ clutch cable replaced, 🔧 symering replaced — everything you need to tackle Iceland's fords, tracks, and unforeseen events. And that's not all: 📦 We received...
🎨 D–11 — Inkavik's youngest fan!
Today, a surprise that made us melt: A young budding explorer took his pencils… and reproduced an Inkavik drawing! ✏️ The result? A version full of energy, color, sincerity — and enthusiasm for Gabrielle's work,...
