arandomhuman

 Iceland had been sitting on the "someday" list for years, mostly because every video about it starts with a drone shot of a waterfall and ends with someone standing in front of a glacier looking personally victorious. So this June, we finally went and did the thing: flew in, gave ourselves three full days to settle into Reykjavík, then handed the driving over to a small-group BusTravel tour (booked through GetYourGuide) for a 7-day loop around the entire Ring Road and the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, before one last night back in the capital. Here's how it went, plus the food we're still thinking about. Three Days in Reykjavík Before the Real Adventure Started Flying in a few days before the tour started was, without question, the smartest call we made. It absorbed the jet lag, gave us a proper buffer in case of flight delays, and meant we actually got to enjoy the capital instead of just passing through it. Three days sounds like a lot for one city, but Reykjavík rewa...