Living on a Sailboat exploring the world
Iceland is beautiful and so peaceful. As we came in the “shoulder season” of October, the campgrounds are mostly empty. We are still able to camp, the weather isn’t too cold, but we usually have the sites to ourselves! It might be the best time to visit Iceland. Ultimately, the best time to visit Iceland depends on what you want to do. Today we found a nice spot for camping in Iceland, on the east coast, called Fáskrúðsfjörður.
This car is luxe! Last night was cold and rainy but we were comfy inside our Camp Easy camper van. Here’s some more details about where we’ll be spending most of our time, our home and transport for the week in Iceland.
The campervan has everything we need for travel and living. There’s a table and chairs for eating, and a fold-out bed that’s surprisingly comfortable for sleeping. While we’re moving everything is tucked away really ingeniously, and we have GPS to get around the country.
I still don’t know how to drive standard, and it’s costly for both of us to be listed as drivers anyway, so Brian is our driver for the week. There’s a lot to learn about driving in Iceland and Brian is doing great!
We got a 4 wheel drive so we can go on the interior roads while we’re in Iceland. The main tourist route, the ring road, is accessible to everyone, but we want to see more if we can.
While we haven’t planned our route, we want to be flexible and have access to everything. I think we’ll be happy we have the ability to see and do more and travel the rougher roads if we choose. Now you’ve seen our home and transport for the week in Iceland so share what you think about it in the comments.
Yea! We made it to Iceland past midnight and promptly went to duty free to buy booze. That seems to be the first move for anyone, locals included, and we want to follow the local customs! Here’s a recap of Iceland Day 1 for us: a busy day.
We checked into our hotel, the Base Hotel by the airport, had a few beers at the lounge and went to bed for about 5 hours. This morning, we got up, went back to the airport for a 45 minute bus ride into the Reykjavik bus station, then a taxi to Camp Easy to pick up our ride, and home, for the week!
Then we hit the road! And today we saw a lot of water! Waterfalls, a hot spring (that was beautiful but could have been hotter), and tons of beautiful views of bodies of water. I think this will be a recurring theme. We also hiked a bit, but we ended quite early because we are tired from too little sleep last night.
Early observations:
