I’ve loved photography as far back as I can remember. I think it’s amazing, put it this way… Time doesn’t exist (quantum theory apparently proves this) however with a casual press of a button we can still freeze a moment and then re-visit this moment over and over. Seriously think about how cool that is. Too deep for a […]

Thingvellir

Continuing our fourth day in Iceland, we were still on the Golden Circle tour with GeoIceland and now heading on to Thingvellir National park (or Þingvellir). Thingvellir is a really important place for Icelandic people, Althing (the Icelandic parliament) was founded here in 930 and the parliament met here all the way up until 1798. Icelandic people  journeyed (sometimes very […]

Gullfoss Mono

On our 4th and final day in Iceland we’d booked the Golden Circle tour again with GeoIceland. The tour is around 7-8 hours and includes Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir hot springs,  Hveragerdir earthquake town, and the waterfall Faxi. Like the previous tour with GeoIceland we were picked up in a small comfortable minibus with a […]

Malted Milk Biscuit

I was reading a blog post today on British foods by Two Travelling Texans and thought about that we all sometimes have some really funny preconceptions of what we imagine different nations eat on a regular basis. For example back when I was at school I imagined the French across the channel gorging themselves on snails and croissants […]

Just across from where we stayed in the  The Planet Apartments is Reykjavik old harbour, there are a few different places running whale watching tours from the old harbour. But first it was time to eat! Sægreifinn – The Sea Baron restaurant is listed on Trip Advisor as a great place to get good value sea food and […]