It’s time for data!
- Distance driven: 2133 km
- Places we visited that I can actually spell and pronounce: Reykjavik, Skálholt, Vik, Höfn
- The rest of the places we visited, courtesy of the itinerary: Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, Skútustaðahreppur, Hofsstaðir, Arnarstapi, plus others I’m forgetting
- Length of trip: 14.5 days
- Driving portion: 11 days
- Pictures taken: 1842 (Kimli), less than that (Ed)
- Favourite hotel: Magma Hotel (Kimli), Hofsstaður Guesthouse (Ed)
- Favourite restaurants: Magma Hotel Bistro, Salka Valka in Reykjavik (the Mamma Mia pizza was amazing, had it two days in a row), Fish and Chips Lake Mývatn, Bastard Brew & Food in Reykjavik, Sveitasetrin at the Hofsstaður Guesthouse
- Best hotel breakfast: Fosshótel Mývatn (Kimli), Sel Guesthouse (Ed)
- Waterfalls seen: 71042
- Trips to the tomato soup and homemade bread buffet that one guy made in Friðheimar: 8
- Pieces of hákarl consumed (total):
56 (I had 2, Ed had 4 for some reason) - Amount of Diet Coke smuggled into the country: 3.5L
- Geysers seen making a statement about ejaculation: 5
- Favourite portions of the country: Southeast and East Iceland
- Puffins seen: 0 :(
- Northern Lights seen: 0
- Incidents of an unfortunate nature: The jetlag hit me really hard when we landed and it took 4 days to get over the extreme exhaustion and generic crud, several (new) pairs of underwear I brought were the incorrect size
- “Hidden” gems: The scenery between and Egilsstaðir and Seyðisfjörður was incredible, the GoT oral sex cave made my heart hurt, the magic cave
- Unexpected bonus: a Flying Tiger store down the street from our hotel in Reykjavik (!!!!!)
- Icelandic hot dogs eaten: 2, by Ed
- Biggest expense outside the trip itself: Food
- If we did it all over again, what I’d change: fewer days in Reykjavik (we had 5 total which was about 2 days too long)
- Number of hours we missed the country-stopping storm by: 6 or so, we got incredibly lucky
- Job offers received while away: 1
- Anniversary celebrated: the 20 Slash 25
- Scariest moment: I almost tossed coins into what turned out to be a fertility fountain to wish for babies O_O
- Amount of fun we had: too many to count
I’m gonna be processing this trip for a long time. It was .. spectacular.
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