A summer in Iceland: 9 sites for photography lovers!
Skogarfoss shining in a double rainbow: for a photographer, a nature lover or for any one who is sensible to beauty, this is one oft he most awesome sights you can see in your life. with its perfect beauty and colours, Mother Nature makes an effort to let you leave a piece of your heart […]
Best tour to do in Reykjavik
If you are in Reykjavik and don’t know what to do, the weather is bad and you have already done all the possible activities and seen all the possible sights in town, there is still a tour that is worth doing and that probably none of you has considered: the brewery tour Taste the Saga. […]
Flying over the volcano: photography bliss!
It is one in a lifetime opportunity and you know how much I love these kinds of chance. When there is a once in a lifetime thing to do I love to be on the main line, ready to get the opportunity. So it happens that if you are in Iceland and you get an […]
Pro and cons of living in Iceland
It is now six month I have been living in Iceland. Not a lot for many people, but a long time for someone like me, considering in the past two years this is the longest time I have spent in the same place. So far, Iceland has been gentle to me. It has embraced me […]
Photo of the day: Talking benches in Reykjavik
Many of you may not know but the benches around the Pond, the lake downtown Reykjavik, tell stories. There are 16 benches around the lake. You can sit and while contemplating the Icelandic beauty or simply your facebook page, you can scan the code that appears on it and listen and read poetry or stories […]
Iceland best kept secret
In the past few years Iceland has become of of the most touristic travel destinations in the world. It is almost impossible to go anywhere without find yourself surrounded by such a crowd of tourists that you almost wonder if what you are looking at is a waterfall or rather Monna Lisa. Would you like […]
Eistnaflug: Metal among the clouds
Take an unknown, unpronounceable fjord of East Iceland, get a couple of friends, drive all the way there through pouring rain and find the most incredible, astonishing and amazing festival in the world: Eistnaflug. On the second weekend of July the whole Metal scene of Iceland moves to East, toward Neskaupstadir, one of the […]
Moving abroad, getting at destination
You realize you are moving abroad only the night before the departure, when you finally go to sleep after having spent the last month saying goodbyes to all your family and friends, trying to convince them and yourself it was a good decision. It was, no worries. In the bed, the night before […]
Nauthólsvík, geothermal beach in Reykjavik
Would you believe this is Reykjavik? Just outside the city center, between Reykjavik and Kopavogur, there is this little beach, one of the few white sand beaches of all Iceland, that gets really crowdy on a sunny day at these latitudes. Its secret is the fact that it is a geothermal beach, meaning that even […]
Golden Circle, Golden Iceland
There is no better way to be introduced to Iceland and its magic by taking a tour to the so-called Golden Circle, where the splendour of Gullfoss Waterfall, the Gold Waterfall whose name gives the name to the entire tour, the always stunning show of the Geysir and the neverending land of Thingvellier will not […]
Two weeks in Reykjavik: my 1st impressions
Time flies and it is already two weeks since I moved to Reykjavik. Lots of things already happened, lots of weather changing, snow and cold, nights out, laughs and smiles, lots of people met but still no sign of Northern Lights yet. Reykjavik is a cool place to live in. After only two weeks in […]
Ready to go again!
What a period the one that is finishing tomorrow at 10.30, when my flight to the place I have chosen as my home for the next period of my life, will take off from Amsterdam. Many thing happened in Amsterdam, a town that I love, since I came back after Africa. Many good things, like […]
Isafjordur, my Icelandic love
It was the end of November when I landed to Isafjordur, on the North Western fjords of Iceland. Useless to say it was cold, very cold. In Reykjavik my flight had been cancelled for two days in a row, due to the stormy weather conditions in he North. I had almost lost my hopes to […]
Northern Lights: the true story
This is the most funny of all my travel stories. The truth is: I have been in Iceland 3 times, always in the middle of the freeking Icelandic winter and I have never managed to see the Northern Lights! Never. Not even a glimpse, a green spot, a stain in the sky that could have […]
Far Oer: hidden pearl of the North!
What can you do for 3 nights and 2 days on a boat from Iceland to Denmark, stopping over the Far Oer Islands only for six hours before starting to sail again? We were all wandering this in the ghost town of Seydisfjordur, on the East Coast of Iceland, on Wednesday, when we were […]
Day 2: from Vik to Hofn across the glaciers
Simply glorious! If I would have to use a word to use to describe such a great day, it would be this one. The sun started to shine early this morning, and even before it was right in the sky, we were all already on board of the truck, hitting the Southern road of Iceland. […]
The long way to Africa: 1st day
So here we go. Still dark outside, engine on, ready to depart from Reykjavk and finally start this adventure that is gonna finish only in round 6 months, and on the other side of the world. Yesterday at 6pm we met in a pub downtown Reykjavik to know each other and prepare the departure. This […]
Finally the day of the departure arrived!
So here we are! Few hours away from my dream that becomes reality! It’s hard to describe how I really feel tonight. I am excited. I know it because I have that recognisable chills under my feet ad in my stomach that doesn’t allow me to sleep and to rest my mind, that’s the sign […]
My 2012, what a year!
So, the longest year of my life is finally ending! This 2012 has been a great one , not only for the kilometers wandered, but also for the wonder and excitement that has been part of my daily life for 365 days. It was the 2nd of January when I found the ad by […]
Happy Birthday to me! One year of 1st impressions…
One year ago My 1st impressions was officially starting to hit my daily life and your daily network update !!! For me it was an exciting moment, it was almost like publishing a book, I could finally start sharing my travels and photos with my friends and with those who didn’t know me at […]
