Things We Learnt In:

In 2014 I moved jobs. Part of that move meant that I had to leave one of my best friends behind at the office. We soon missed our constant contact and by Spring 2016 it had got too much. We decided on the only sensible course of action- a full throttle adventure trip to Iceland together, and to drag our partners into the mix with us. My friend started the planning process and came across some fantastic activites to fill 4 days in Iceland. So we decided to do them all. Day One Arriving: We arrived in Reykjavik at lunch time. The airport is roughly 50km from the city centre and you can prearrange a transfer through Flybus or Airport Express, which we did. There are also taxis available outside the terminal, but we wanted to save our hard earned spending money! Northern Lights Cruise Having settled comfortably into our rooms it was time to pile on the layers and head out into the night. At 9pm a coach arrived at the hotel and drove us to the harbour....

Things we learnt in Iceland 1. Our friend Charlie organises a wicked itinerary 2. It's not as cold as you think. Marginally problematic when you only packed thermals. Which brings us smoothly onto number 3... 3. There is nothing quite as sexy as chin to ankle thermal undies. 4. Bus drivers believe that speed bumps happen to other people. I'm waiting for my kidneys to descend from inside my brain and back into position. 5. "I rode a Viking horse" is a cool way to say "lool at this tiny pony I made stagger up a hill and really fell off" Beautiful Viska who let me kiss her on the nose 6. The Gullfoss waterfall path was closed due to ice and we got to watch some contestants for the Darwin Awards risk life and limb for a selfie Gullfoss- one of the worlds most beautiful health and safety nightmares 7. Snowmobiling= YES! Thanks for reading the first part of our Iceland Adventure- next time I'm going to explain the ma...