Happy New Year!! I hope you all had a fun start to the 2023. I thought it would be fun to share a wrap of 2022 with some major news stories from Iceland and some of my favorite episodes that I publis

I'm excited to announce the opportunity for you to win a trip to Iceland. I teamed up with Go Car Rental Iceland to bring a little bit more extra magic to this holiday season. Below are all the detail

Winter in Iceland can range from a somewhat calm wnter wonderland to blizzard like conditions that force you to stay off the road. Even though the temperatures here are milder than what most peple ass

Im delving into a fascinating and kind of scary possibility. Vk Mrdal is a small town in South Iceland that has become a popular place for tourists to stop to see the areas famous black sand bea

In this post/podcast episode, Im sharing some common expensive mistakes that many travelers in Iceland make unknowingly. If youve already planned a trip here, then youre well aware that traveling t

Meg Matich is a poet and translator in Reykjavik. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University and has received support for her work from the Banff Centre, PEN America, and the Fulbri

This week I am sharing some fun and easy winter day trips from Reykjavk that you can enjoy during your visit. The days have become noticeably shorter and soon the nights will be very long, which is s

Auur Jnsdttir is one of the most accomplished and influential authors writing in Iceland today. Her novels have inspired interest in Iceland, as well as abroad, for their rare blend of incisive fra

Iceland is considered the safest and most peaceful country in the world according to the Global Peace Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. However, this doesnt mean that there ar

The words love and hate are very strong words. To be fair, I dont actually love or hate any part of learning the Icelandic language but those words work much better in a title than what I enjoy