9pm flight out. YYZ -> KEF. Icelandair.
Economy Comfort, thank you TD Travel Rewards :)… Pre boarding, empty middle seat, complementary meal. Yay. Too bad my media screen didn’t work :@
Very efficient, all they asked me at Customs was if I was staying in Iceland and how long… and the walk to the baggage claim was lengthy, but my bag was out in 5 minutes. Karen and Michelle were about 10 rows behind me so……. Still waiting. Lalala.
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Grabbed the Hertz station wagon (Skoda Octavia) and went on our way… Pitstop to IKEA, which was closed 🙁 no meatballs for us today. And off to our hostel far far away in Grundarfjördur within the Snæfellsnes region. Which was about a 3 hour drive from Reykjavik airport. Karen and Michelle quietly sleeping as I drive around in narrow lanes not really knowing where I’m going on deserted highways throughout the countryside at 100+km/hr. There was a 5 minute tunnel which was quite interesting and dark.
Anyways, back in Grundarfjördur, stopped and grabbed some burgers at Kaffi 59 and swung by the hostel reception hoping to check in. Nope. Too early, no one is around. Back on the road we go! Switched out with Karen cause I was falling asleep at the wheel >_>… Lalala
Driving through the small villages along the way we grab some snacks from a supermarket, skyr.is Melon yogurt?! Hmmmm and continue on stopping whenever there is a pitstop area and something catches our eye.
Travelling along the 54, we hit 3 sight seeing spots. Cliffs and rock formations… Dufubjarg, Hellnar, Arnarstapi. At Arnarstapi, there was a rock sculpture, the deity of Mt. Snaefell, Barour Snæfellsnes. Took a picture of the info panel, maybe I’ll read it one day…
And to the hostel. Decent wifi. We are exhausted. Didn’t sleep too well on the flight so we’ve been running on about 3 hours of sleep. It’s now about 645 and the sun has set.
As expected a lot of scenery to take in and appreciate. The country roads are surprisingly very well maintained so far. Tomorrow we are hitting up the Snæfellsjökull National Park to do some crazy hiking, gonna freeze my ass off.
Dufubjarg, Hellnar, Arnarstapi, View from Hostel Window
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