When our 1st grandchild, Frida, was born in 2010, two things were of importance to us.
Our grandchildren should be familiar with their roots, including Islandic history, culture and art, and we should remember to buy and keep excellent wines from Burgundy for celebration, when they hopefully accept to have a confirmation party!

Frida was only six years old, when she joined us for her first introduction to Iceland. Still clearly remember the happy and tough girl, when we left Viby at 5 am, ready for Islandic adventures.
After having arrived at Keflavík Airport, we went straight to the Blue Lagoon before heading for Sigurjóna’s summerhouse close to Þingvallavatn. Sigurjóna kindly offered us to use the summerhouse as a basis during our stay.

Our aims were to show Frida the southern parts of Iceland, so we drove to Jökulsárlón, a daytrip away. Frida enjoyed the trip. Storytelling and the many stops to explain what we saw, not to mention the “healthy” refreshments on the backseats of the car, made Frida forget the long distance.

First stop after Reykjavík was Kambar to enjoy the panoramic view towards Hveragerði. On the way to Vík we could see Hekla, and we also passed Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull. Frida did remember she had been told about the historic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull on March 20th to April 12th, 2010. Skógarfoss also impressed Frida.

Finally, we reached Vík where we had lunch with a view toward Dyrhólaey. Shortly after, we had a good view towards Katla, and it was time for at short break to tell the fascinating story about Katla.
After having passed Lómagnúpur, all the glaciers from Vatnajökull started and so did al the bridges we had to pass.
We made a short stop at the national park to watch the famous Skaftafell. Part of the area around Skaftafell was formally declared a national park in 1967, and since 2008 it has been part of Vatnajökull National Park. Natural beauty under favourable weather conditions. Unfortunately, the clouds covered most of the glacier.

We reached Jökulsálón in full sunshine. This is the largest glacier lake in Iceland and it impressed Frida. We stayed overnight in the Skyhouse in Hali.

On our way back, we stopped at Dyrhólaey to enjoy the panoramic views. We also managed to see and walk behind Seljalandsfoss before we were welcomed by Sigurjóna in her summerhouse, and Frida and Unnur had a bath in her hot pot.
We also made great grips to Geysir, Gullfoss and of course Þingvellir National Park, where Frida finally got tired of all the history her grandfather told her. Back in Reykjavík we enjoyed the hospitality of Markús, and we also managed to visit Frida’s great grandmother after whom she has been named.

A visit to Kjarvalsstaðir was a must. Frida liked most of the paintings, but finally she had enough of all the stories her grandfather wanted to tell her!