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): 5 6 (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.