Our day leaving Phoenix was a long one.  Southwest Airlines to Boston to with change of planes in Houston.  Just before arrival in Houston they close  the airport and divert us to Corpus Christi.  Take fuel and told Houston is open.  Then sit another 30 minutes to get in line  to land in  Houston,  Worried most of the time about our connection.

But as is often does it worked out.  The  connecting flight was delayed also and we made it.  Very late, 2am Boston time, arrival but arrived none the less.  Short night at a Roadway Inn and back to the air port to catch the flight to Keflavik, Iceland.

Leaving for Iceland

The Icelandic Air flight was good.  Somewhere over Greenland the  pilot announced the toilets were full except one and everyone to only use if if absolutely necessary.  Of course  a dozen people jump up and  suddenly have to go.  They also suspended beverage service  to lessen the use of the lavatories.  Gotta love it.

We landed  in Iceland  on time and  after customs and a couple of bottles of duty free wine for Dianne we we were off to find our Sad Car.  Sad Car rentals are rentals of used cars but much cheaper than Hertz or Budget.  The SadCar man met us and another small family and took us by van to collect our very used, but very serviceable Toyota Rav4.

Our Ride!!  Only 344,916 km on the odometer (That’s 244,000 miles for you not so metric inclined)

We asked for directions to our lodgings but not sure we communicated with him very well. After an hour of driving around at 1 am we  saw and stopped at the  Police Station.  After making gentle fun of us two very nice officers escorted us to our Guesthouse.  Created quite a stir as they thought some  VIP was arriving only to find  just  two lost and tired Americans. Sorry to disappoint folks but great thanks to the  Keflavik Police officers.

Our lodging was  great, Bergas Guesthouse.  We would recommend them 100%.   Cute room with kitchenette , bed and  black out curtains.  All we needed!!

Bergas Guesthouse, Our first night in Iceland

Tomorrow we head out for Snæfellsnesvegur where we will spend  2 sleeps.  Pictures from along the way follow.