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Iceland's Ring Road - Reykjavik to Hvolsvöllur (Day 2)

From Reykjavik we headed toward our first destination of the day, Þingvellir National Park. The most densely packed tourist spots on our trip were during this day. While we didn’t complete the so-called Golden Circle just outside of Reykjavik (ours was more of a Golden Half-Circle), the stops along the way are very popular for individuals and tour buses taking day trips from Reykjavik. Getting photos without inadvertent photo bombers was ranged from quite tricky to entirely impossible.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Hvolsvöllur and Heimaey (Day 3)

After a quick run to Hvolsvöllur for some basic groceries at Krónan grocery store, we headed to the shore to catch a ferry from Landeyjahöfn to Heimaey, the only inhabited island of Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands).

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Iceland's Ring Road - Hvolsvöllur to Seyðisfjörður (Day 4)

Waving goodbye to the cute cottage that was our temporary home and to the Icelandic sheep that dotted the fields and played in the roads, we prepared ourselves for a long day of driving with a number of stops along the way.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Seyðisfjörður (Days 4-5)

We were poised to love Seyðisfjörður, population 700, from the moment we saw it from high up on the mountain road. The town is quaint, walkable, and has the best setting on the water with the ring of peaks surrounding it.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Seyðisfjörður to Akureyri (Day 6)

We left the eastern fjords and headed northwest to the second largest town in Iceland - Akureyri.

The entire drive for the day was scheduled to take about 5 1/2 hours and we found many amazing places to stop along the way.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Akureyri and Grímsey Island (Days 7-8)

In trying to figure out some activities for our two full days in Akureyri, we discovered that we could take a ferry to Grímsey Island, an island about 25 miles north of the mainland and the only part of Iceland officially (though just barely) within the Arctic Circle.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Akureyri to Vogar (Days 9-10)

Leaving Akureyri, we enjoyed our drive along the western side of the country, weaving in and out on the Ring Road and wished we had more time to check out the western fjords. Of course, that’s what any good trip does: leave you wanting more.

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