Nothing much to report from the mother country, but I found these photos on my iPhone. This was in a small town in Iceland called Fludir, where we stayed 3 nights. It was a surprise to find an Ethiopian restaurant there – the food was cheap, delicious and authentic – you ate with your fingers. The […]

It’s great to catch up with good friends Greg and Monica who are holed up in a wonderful part of London. We explored Hampstead Heath to see how the British spend a beautiful Saturday We had a pale ale at The Spaniards Inn, a haunt of Dick Turpin, built in 1542 and checked out Hampstead – […]

And that is exactly what is happening here. Deildartunguhver thermal spring produces 180 litres of boiling water per second and it is piped to 3 major towns, a total of 74km. It arrives 24 hours later at 170 deg F. No need to install a Rheem. Yesterday we had to hand the car back – […]

There are no bargains here in Iceland. Petrol and supermarkets are expensive, but the hotel prices are extortion. We were caught one night at a hotel in the middle of nowhere where it was a long drive to the next place. There was only one item on the menu – a plate of watery soup and pub-standard chicken […]

Would suit young family – small plot, great view. Families with eggs that roll should not apply. These birds lay eggs that are fat at one end and pointy at the other, so they don’t roll. Natural selection I guess. That would explain the absence of chooks nesting on these cliffs. Today we continued our exploration of […]