RivaHaven Yacht Club

Enjoy a few hours of lazing in the volcanic thermal waters of the blue lagoon….

The remains of several steel hull trawlers litter the coast near Grindavik - all caught in storms and rolled on to the treacherous shore.

Several locations around Iceland are home to the puffin population. Amazing fact that a puffin can dive 200 ft to catch fish a...

On the south coast of Iceland near Vik, a US Navy Dakota DC-3 had to make an emergency landing. Looks like most of the removable equipment...

One of our favorite places!  Amazing glacier breakup on the coastline sends car size chunks of ice flowing out to sea. With blue mysti...

Vik,  population approximately 350, on Iceland's south coast has three mystical trolls who were suddenly caught in daylight and became...

There is a very short distance between glaciers and the coastline on the southern coast as the central mountain glacier sends spurs of...

Which I will NOT be indulging in! About $8 to a thousand kroners so about $40 for this entree!

There is only one major road in Iceland - Route 1.  It was only completed in the 1990's and there are still some dirt or gravel sectio...

Hofn, the langoustine capital of Iceland on the south coast, is a little warmer harbor and fishing port than most Icelandic towns due ...

Can't get over how amazing Jokulsarlon lagoon is! You are stunned by the beauty of it and the many perspectives. Coming from Reykjavik,...

Wow! Sheepshead cut into two longitudinal halves and frozen waiting for a crack Icelandic cook to turn this into a stunning dinner dish to...

Mid-summer festival where folks who have been under snow for 7 months of the year and in almost permanent darkness get to go out and have fu...

Still searching for the ultimate fish soup at Strikid in Akureyri! Fruity and light with mussels and langoustines!

Could not resist the elevator mirror and two stools for the ladies to perch on! Margaret and Houston look delighted after a splendid dinne...

We went to Godafoss three times because it was on the way to wherever we were going and we could not resist stopping every time we went by...

Check out the Wilding area in Game of Thrones and you will find some strange characters who come out in mid winter and hide out in the roc...

High pressure and very hot live steam directly from the geo thermal area under Lake Myvaten in northern Iceland! You are no longer on earth ...

High tech houses in the Arctic Circle are heated by underground low cost geo-thermal hot water utilities just like any other water, electr...

Flying east over central Iceland, we pass over an ancient crater that has a rocky ridge in the caldera along with several turquoise pools...

Our house in Akureyri almost on the Arctic Circle is very cozy and scenic! Overlooking the fiord and green fields, it is a haven of peace ...

Highly enjoyable dessert course on the hoof provides an alternative to the restaurant option and allows us to explore Reykjavik well into ...

Dash up the hill to the Hallgrimskirkja church high above downtown Reykjavik and catch the weekly noon performance of the local choir group....

The best day of the summer in Reykjavik with a high of 64 degrees ended with a magnificent sunset around 11:20 pm and it stayed light well...

Could not resist my star role as center forward on the victorious Icelandic team that beat England in the recent Euro cup! Ooops this is n...

Icelandic version of soupe de poisson is lighter and much more fruity than the Brittany version with several langoustines floating in the ...

The local theatre and opera house on the Reykjavik waterfront. The architect had fun with shape and light! We went there for a show ca...

Had a treat today with Stephan our guide who picked us up bright and early and took us around town in his bus while explaining the life of...

First evening in Reykjavik - what a delight! Resto - that's the name of the restaurant - serves up fresh local Icelandic products to d...

After several thousand miles over the North Atlantic ocean, as we approach Keflavik airport, we fly over some artistic agricultural workin...

London Borough Market and time to drool over the huge varieties of pies including regional delights from Yorkshire, Scotland, and Cornwall...

Scooter based espresso in London Borough Market uses a tricycle Vespa configuration with an espresso bar on the cargo platform - amazing...

Waited many years for a chance to have a dish of whitebait and the opportunity presented itself at the "Fish" restaurant at Boro...

The crackling looked perfect! Nicely presented boar had been roasted on a rotisserie and was being sliced off into sandwiches. Just mouth ...

Nothing quite like a pint of bitter at an English pub for lunch along with fish and chips! Beer is not cold, just cooler than room tempera...

Perfecting horse control in the sandbox at Headley! Under the tight orders from the dressage trainer, Sharon guides 10 year old Merlyn aro...

Nothing like pottering about in a boat on a hot summer day! Lunch and relaxation on the Thames near Shepperton, moored up to D'Oyley...

James (in the middle) took us for an evening walk to St James's (where else?) Park close to Victoria and Buckingham Palace, stopping o...

Official birthday as opposed to real birthday! The day the Queen became Queen back in the early 50's. Troops will perform and bands wi...

Many a day and night under sail going back to the early 70's back and forth across the English Channel in our Iroquois catamaran 30 ft...

Waiting to board our BA flight to LGW I checked the aircraft registration online database and accident records to make sure she was clean ...

Yes... Amsterdam has a canal boat moored right in the middle of town for cat rescues! This is one of the longer term feline visitors who p...

All over town many stores provide marijuana and supplies. Kitted out like coffee bars they offer different delights! Walking around town...

Mozart played the organ here when he was 10 year old..... and what s magnificent organ it is with 100 ft pipes

Classic Dutch counter weighted canal bridge over the waterway around Haarlem - adapted by Waterlogue.

Made it through the doors of the Rijksmuseum within the first minute of opening and directed by Rick Steve's excellent audio commentar...

Early morning and first in line at the Krijsmuseum we pass the large block letters that say "I am Amsterdam" which are usually c...