Borgarnes is on the west coast of Iceland, a shortish distance from Reykjavik, and within striking distance of Stikkish, a ferry departure point for Flatey Island, home to puffins and other bird life. It takes […]
I purchased Garmin’s maps of Scandinavia and eventually managed to load them onto a micro-sim card (the download only works using MS Explorer for some obscure reason), and they are working fine. I forgot to […]
Early morning arrival at the port in Reykjavik. Le Boreal’s new sister ship Le Soleal (triplets along with L’Astral) is also in port. I’m in the last group off the ship for the hotel transfers, […]
We arrive at the Icelandic fishing port of Grundarfjordur (Grundarfjörður) on Le Boreal around midday, with the prospect of a 4.5 hour tour by bus around the local ‘sights’. I can’t face another bus journey […]
Today is a full day excursion from Husavik to Lake Myvatn. Sadly it’s by bus. It’s basically a whistle-stop tour of the ‘Jewels of the North’ of Iceland, and precisely the kind of trip I hate – […]
The weather forecast is for 3-4 metre waves and strong winds during our crossing of the Denmark Strait to Iceland on Le Boreal this evening. The crew spend a lot of time battening down potentially […]
