On Baby A's birthday, the c-section surgery went as planned. I walked into the OR around 9:30am and was pushed out around 2 hours later. W was instructed to wait outside while the team was getting me prepared for anesthesia. He then got invited to come in and sat next to me while the team worked on getting Baby A out of me 😂. W was a good DJ and Baby A was born while Taylor Swift's Shake It Off was being played. So...did I feel any pain during this life-changing surgery? No, I didn't. I had a spinal block. I never felt any type of pain during the surgery. Getting the anesthesia injected - however - was the most uncomfortable part of the surgery. There was a lot of pressure. I felt my back being pulled or pushed, or something. It just felt very uncomfortable, not painful, but very uncomfortable. It was also hard to try leaning toward the source of that uncomfortableness. Learning to relax while being uncomfortable was a very hard thing to do. But it was necessary. Once it...
Hello! Below is a rough draft of our Iceland itinerary. I'm still in the process of finishing editing all of the videos I took on this trip 😁.
If you're interested to see more of what we did in Iceland, click here to check out the videos I made.
11 days in Iceland. Drove around the country in "Happy 1" - started by heading toward Westfjords Region and finished the trip going clockwise.
Full disclaimer: I list out all of the companies that we used for this trip solely for the purpose of documenting the trip. Everything shared here is our own experience and I hope this may be useful for someone someday :)
Day 1
PDX->KEF, Happy Campers (picked up campervan), Bonus (grocery store), Lunch at N1 (gas station), Kirkjufelssfoss (waterfall), Tjaldsvæðið Flókalundi (campsite)
Day 2
Hellulaug (natural hot spring), Látrabjarg (cliff), Dynjandi (waterfall), Reykhólar (campsite)
Day 3
Viking Rafting (glacier rafting, booked 2 months in advance), Flugumýri (horse farm, booked through Airbnb)
Day 4
Akureyri, Pólar Hestar (horseback riding, booked 2 months in advance), Laufás Museum and Heritage Site, Dinner at a restaurant in Húsavík, GeoSea - Geothermal Sea Bath, Húsavík Campground
Day 5
Nettó (grocery store), Mývatn (lake), Dimmuborgir (lava field, volcanic caves), Grjótagjá, Námafjall, Arctic Henge, Tjaldsvæði Raufarhafnar (campsite)
Day 6
Arctic Henge, Dettifoss (waterfall), Lunch at N1, Seydisfjordur, Gufufoss (waterfall), Dinner at N1, Jökulsárlón (glacier lagoon), boondocked next to Jökulsárlón
Day 7
Jökulsárlón, Black Diamond Beach, Reynisfjara Beach, Skógafoss (waterfall), Seljalandsfoss (waterfall), Gljufrabui (waterfall), Herjólfur (ferry, tickets booked online 1.5 months in advance) to Heimaey, Bonus (grocery store), Glamping & Camping (cabin, booked through Agoda)
Day 8
Herjólfsdalur (hike that we didn't finish), Fuglaskoðunarsvæði (hike), Herjólfur (ferry) back to mainland Iceland, Gullfoss (waterfall), Geysir, Camping Thingvellir (campsite in Thingvellir National Park)
Day 9
Thingvellir National Park, Reykjavik, Sun Voyager (sculpture), Hallgrimskirkja (Lutheran parish church), COVID-test, Center Hotels Laugavegur, "3 dinner stops" (yes we pigged out 🐽) & walked around Laugavegur Street.
Day 10
Icelandic Phallological Museum, Fagradalsfjall (volcano), Bridge between Two Continents, Reykjanes Lighthouse, Dinner at a restaurant in Grindavik, Harbour View (cabin, booked through Airbnb)
Day 11
Blue Lagoon (booked a week in advance), Stekkjarkot (turf house), Happy Campers, KEF->PDX
For those curious about what to budget for gas when doing a full circle of Iceland (I know I was!), this itinerary resulted in $440 on gas alone. Our camper was not a 4-wheeler, but we've done much research and knew all the roads we planned to take were safe to drive with a non-4-wheeler for early-mid September. Unless otherwise noted, we cooked our meals inside the camper or at a campsite.
Eventually, I will put up links to the experiences posts (yet to be written) that are listed below 😃
- Airline - Icelandair
- First Time Campervan Experience - Happy Campers
- Where we stayed in Iceland
- Restaurants we tried in Iceland
- Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland
- Getting a COVID Test in Iceland
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