The Westman archipelago in southern Iceland is home to Heimaey, an island that’s said to resemble a miniature version of the country. It’s only small but it features volcanoes, mountains, cliffs, beaches and a bustling harbour. I instantly added it to the list of places I wanted to visit on our road trip around Iceland. …
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Icelands Best Waterfalls and Mud Pools
It was 4am when I was awoken by the sun piercing through the gaps of my camper van curtains. Craig and I rented the tiny home-on-wheels for our 11-day road trip around Iceland – clearly, we needed to figure out a way of blocking the light. I needed more sleep so I repositioned my eye…
Witnessing An Erupting Volcano In Iceland
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see an erupting volcano.
Northern Lights and Rainbow Clouds | Polar Nights in Norway
The sun has officially set for us until January but we still get some daylight for a few hours every day, although it doesn’t feel that way when the weathers bad and we’re in a gloomy state of twilight before it’s pitch black again. I normally enjoy this time of year, the colourful sunrises and…
A Trip to a Mountain Cabin in Arctic Norway
About 20 years ago our friends family built a wooden cabin in the mountains of northern Norway. It’s set on the shores of a large lake, backed by mountains and only accessible by foot. Before my boyfriend Craig and I departed Norway we were invited to go up to the cabin for a night. The…
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
There’s something very soothing about walking through a snow covered forest. The snow mutes the noises like natural insulation and the only sound comes from occasional dollops of snow as they plummet down from the highest branches. We were making our way up a 300 meter mountain through a good couple of feet of fresh…
Ferry Rides, and a Crazy Sunrise as we Travel Further North | Norway
It’s time to make our way further north in Norway and while it’s only 250km as the crow flies the journey is actually almost 500km when you drive the route. But, we don’t have a car so that means relying on public transport, taking 2 ferries, 3 buses and a night in a hotel. Our…
Colourful aurora and mountain hikes in the Arctic | Norway
The theme of autumn in the arctic so far has been rain and more rain. Thankfully a drop in temperature meant we had our first snowfall of the season and suddenly it turned into a winter wonderland. It wasn’t just on the mountains, we had a good few inches of snow on the ground too…
A boat ride with a flock of sheep in the Norwegian Arctic
Life in the Norwegian arctic is always a bit unpredictable but today really proved that when our friend asked if we wanted to go for a boat trip to an island….to collect some of his sheep!! So apparently he puts them there for summer grazing but now the grass has lost most of its nutrients…
Autumn in the Norwegian Arctic
It’s never a quick journey to reach northern Norway and this time our day started at 4:15am with a 2km walk to the bus stop – remarkably under a sky filled with dancing aurora which is very rare in the south of Norway. The bus took 3 hours to reach Oslo where we hopped on…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 