By the end of the first day, I ended my day lounging in the hostel couches and trying a variety of Icelandic Snacks due to my jet lag. My favorite snack from the entire trip was actually Icelandic milk - Muu. It tasted creamy and fresh and I drank one atleast once day out of my five day trip.
I also chowed down on Ris Buff - it's a chocolate covered rice puff snack with a creamy marshmallow filling. Eat them with the Muu milk or dipped in Skyr - they were absolutely scrumptious.
Out of the three snacks, I was most excited to try Skyr, which is Icelandic styled yogurt. It's very tart but I enjoy it more than greek yogurt.
My friends came around the next morning, and before we went to rent out a car, we explored a bit more of Reykjavik for food. Our first stop was Lemon - a smoothie, juice, and sandwich place. The juice I got was just a-okay.
Across the street from Lemon is Bonus, one of the best known budget supermarkets in Iceland. I found it pretty interesting they open at around 11am and close pretty early from what I remember. We grabbed some snacks such as sandwiches and then headed out to the famed hot dog stand for lunch.
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsu apparently is one of Reykjavik's best known hot dogs stands. The menu is very limited, you get to choose the hotdog or a drink combo. What separates the hotdogs here is the layer of crispy onion under the dog and sweet mustard. I had two of them and while they were really good, the hype around them is still surprising :D I do recommend trying them as a cheap quick eat, but imo, there was much better food to try.
I also chowed down on Ris Buff - it's a chocolate covered rice puff snack with a creamy marshmallow filling. Eat them with the Muu milk or dipped in Skyr - they were absolutely scrumptious.
Out of the three snacks, I was most excited to try Skyr, which is Icelandic styled yogurt. It's very tart but I enjoy it more than greek yogurt.
My friends came around the next morning, and before we went to rent out a car, we explored a bit more of Reykjavik for food. Our first stop was Lemon - a smoothie, juice, and sandwich place. The juice I got was just a-okay.
Across the street from Lemon is Bonus, one of the best known budget supermarkets in Iceland. I found it pretty interesting they open at around 11am and close pretty early from what I remember. We grabbed some snacks such as sandwiches and then headed out to the famed hot dog stand for lunch.
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsu apparently is one of Reykjavik's best known hot dogs stands. The menu is very limited, you get to choose the hotdog or a drink combo. What separates the hotdogs here is the layer of crispy onion under the dog and sweet mustard. I had two of them and while they were really good, the hype around them is still surprising :D I do recommend trying them as a cheap quick eat, but imo, there was much better food to try.
By the time we finished our hotdogs, it was already around 1 pm. We didn't want to lose time, so we rented a car from Pro Car Rental near our hostels. They were the only ones with cars available on the day of. They don't have the best reviews, but we only needed a regular sedan for two days. If you're planning on doing more heavy driving, and on gravel roads, I highly recommend you book your car in advance, because you'll need it.
We decided to do the golden circle route, but due to the time limits we only managed to see Pingvellir, Gulfoss and the Geysir. The drive into Pingvellir was stunning. A lot of Iceland's land is built from volcanoes, so as you're driving you'll see a lot of volcanic rocks with moss and grass layered all over. It wasn't particularly green but still very beautiful. If I had more time, I would definitely spend a day there trying to hike its routes.
On route we chased a rainbow, and I swear we reached the end of it.
We reached the Geysir soon. There's a huge sign on a building that said Geysir LOL so that's how we know we reached it. Across from the building you can walk on a path that leads to the geysers. It was pretty steamy (no actual hot steam) along the path but still easy to walk through.
The geysir stop is pretty quick, we spent 15 minutes there and then headed to gulfoss. Around then it was around 3pm and the sun was already beginning to set. We headed to our final destination Gulfoss. It's a huge waterfall with a steep plunge. You can walk along a bath to the left of the waterfall, where you can see the plunge up close.
We decided to do the golden circle route, but due to the time limits we only managed to see Pingvellir, Gulfoss and the Geysir. The drive into Pingvellir was stunning. A lot of Iceland's land is built from volcanoes, so as you're driving you'll see a lot of volcanic rocks with moss and grass layered all over. It wasn't particularly green but still very beautiful. If I had more time, I would definitely spend a day there trying to hike its routes.
On route we chased a rainbow, and I swear we reached the end of it.
We reached the Geysir soon. There's a huge sign on a building that said Geysir LOL so that's how we know we reached it. Across from the building you can walk on a path that leads to the geysers. It was pretty steamy (no actual hot steam) along the path but still easy to walk through.
The geysir stop is pretty quick, we spent 15 minutes there and then headed to gulfoss. Around then it was around 3pm and the sun was already beginning to set. We headed to our final destination Gulfoss. It's a huge waterfall with a steep plunge. You can walk along a bath to the left of the waterfall, where you can see the plunge up close.
View from the top
Gulfoss was the most majestic site we saw that day, but the highlight of my trip was actually the next day in Gjain. Stay tuned for more...
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