Quenching your thirst for travel
Have you ever tried Icelandic Schnapps before? How about Icelandic Schnapps flavoured with moss? No? Then let me introduce you to Fjallagrasa Icelandic Schnapps – the liqueur flavoured with Cetaria Islandica, a type of lichen that grows in Iceland. This was one of the most interesting bottles of liqueur my husband and I purchased in … Read more Fjallagrasa Icelandic Schnapps Review (Iceland)
Of all the reasons to visit Iceland, I bet a music festival wouldn’t be at the top of your list. I know it wasn’t at the top of mine. But when my husband found a package deal from Edmonton to Reykjavik (including accommodation and passes to the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival), we decided to grab … Read more A Review of the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival 2017
As Mark and I were planning our most recent visit to Iceland, we knew we wanted to venture beyond Reykjavik. We started pricing out day trips – the most popular being the Golden Circle route. We were, frankly, shocked at just how expensive some of the day trips were. Some of the basic, 6-hour trips … Read more Iceland’s Golden Circle Route – A Self-Drive Itinerary
Of all the liquors that could be made in Iceland, I didn’t expect gin to be one of them. Yet there it was, on the shelf in one of the liquor stores in Reykjavik when we visited last year. This was Vor Premium Gin. It looked too interesting not to buy it and give it a … Read more Vor Premium Gin Review (Iceland)
This September, my husband and I had our first stopover in Reykjavík, Iceland on our way to France. While walking around the city, we quickly noticed an interesting subculture that we weren’t expecting to see here: street art. And there was a lot of it. So much so, that we started to photograph some of … Read more A Photographic Tour of Reykjavík Street Art