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Our Iceland June 2019 trip budget was a little wacky because we also got married in Iceland and had a group of six meet us there for ceremony, travel, and plenty of meals. Aside from all of our wedding stuff, we spent $3,140.41 for 7 full days in Iceland. Here's how I broke it down …
I had heard a lot of noise about visiting the Blue Lagoon: it's a tourist trap, it's ridiculously crowded, there's nothing there that you can't get at another hot spring. We had planned to do a hot spring hike earlier in our trip, but ended up canceling that in favor of trying a second time …
If we ever visit Vestmannaeyjar again, here's how I would do it: Plan to spend a whole day, starting in the morning, and taking the 19:30 or 21:00 ferry back to the mainland. You will have no trouble parking at the ferry docking point on the mainland, and you cannot miss it (the road essentially …
We had originally planned to only visit Vestmannaeyjar for an afternoon. But after our failed puffin hike, Peter graciously canceled our plans the next day to go back and attempt again to see some puffins (I had been talking about them for ages). He called the ticketing office at the port that same morning and …
Our original plan was to go to Reynisfjara and Vik in the morning, Vestmannaeyjar in the afternoon. We bought our ferry tickets in advance, per the recommendation that they were prone to selling out (3pm departure, 7:30pm return). The ferry port is the only thing in the area, 10 minutes down an offshoot of Hringvegur …
On our first full day staying in the Selfoss area, we headed out to Reynisfjara beach and Vik. I had heard and read previously that Vik is a top tourist destination in the south, so I was initially nervous for a crowd. It was just over an hour drive, which was originally supposed to include …
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