Besides the amazing scenery, there were some interesting and fun roadside attractions to stop at and stretch our legs. Aspyrgi Canyon. Local lore says it is the spot where Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir stepped down leaving a horseshoe shaped canyon surrounded by high basalt walls. Reynusfjara Beach. Black sand beach with columnar basalt, perfect for …
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Waterfalls in Iceland
Foss is the Icelandic word for waterfall, and we saw a lot. Oxafoss was the first waterfall that we visited. It was beautiful, but we had no idea of the number and size of waterfalls that we would see after. Gullfoss is gigantic! At Seljalandsfoss we got to walk behind the falls and get wet! …
Ice in Iceland
I’ve heard that Iceland is green and Greenland is icy, and from what we saw, that is a pretty true statement. We didn’t actually see ice until the end of our third day in Iceland, when we started to get views of the glaciers. We visited the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. We took a Zodiak boat …
Hot Springs in Iceland
Iceland is where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. Oliver thought it would be a symbolic place to end our year in Europe on our way back home in North America. The distance between the plates is now 7 km wide and is growing 2 cm each year. Being on the fault line …
An RV in Iceland
Renting an RV gave us a lot of flexibility and social distancing as we did a road trip around Iceland. We traveled the Ring road. All of the roads inside of the Ring Road are classified as F roads which require a 4X4 vehicle. With our RV we stuck to the perimeter of the Ring …
The journey home
As you know, we had to make, cancel and remake many plans to get home from Spain. Our original plan involved traveling through Italy (they haven’t really reopened after their COVID-19 battle), Greece (they are strongly encouraging tourists but only from select countries; Spain did not make that list) and passing through Iceland for a …
Saying goodbye
Our time in Spain has finally come to an end. It has been an incredible series of adventures; some were expected, many were not (especially the COVID 19 part). Luckily, thanks to Spain’s strict lockdown, we were able to move into the “new normal” stage and emerge from our solitude to be able to say …
Coquina Clams
By Oliver This type of clam is called a Coquina. After many weeks we have found that the only time we can find coquinas is when the surf is calm and you are able to get to where the waves break. There are a few different ways to catch these clams but first there is …
New Normal
Sunday marked the end of the state of alarm and the move into “new normal ,” across all of Spain (although after 3 days, the region of Aragon had to lock back down due to a spike in COVID cases). The main change is allowing free movement throughout all of Spain and allowing European Union and …
Phase 3
We’ve made it to Phase 3! The main change is that once an autonomous community reaches Phase 3, they regain local control (something that was given over to the national government during the state of alarm that started in mid March). Spain is made up of 17 autonomous communities. Andalucía, the most southern autonomous community, …
Adrift in Andalucía 