By Pippa On Monday July 16th we went on a golden circle tour around Iceland. The first stop on our tour was a crater lake. The crater was created when a magma chamber under the ground emptied out and collapsed in on itself. Now there's a beautiful blue lake in the middle of the crater. …
An Icelandic dip
By Rachel Tuesday was our last day in Iceland and we were able to finish off our time there with a true Icelandic experience. Reykjavik, like many (most? all?) towns in the country have public pools or baths heated by the geothermal activity for which the country is famous. However Reykjavik has 7 - yes …
The Land of midnight sun (it’s a real thing)
For the longest time before arriving in Iceland I had always found the idea of "the land of the midnight sun" to be a rather bizarre (and frankly quite absurd) idea. Not thinking I would ever experience it I remained quite unfazed last night when it never quite seemed to get dark...and I never quite …
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