This Is My Secret: The Blog and Website of Writer Kristin Cashore

I drove from Jökulsárlón to Egilsstaðir, with stops in Höfn (where I got gas) and Djúpivogur (where I had lunch). Here's the route. This drive, through the East Fjords, was the most dramatic yet. I love driving on Icelandic roads! There's always either a gorgeous vista or a challenge (steep drops with no guard rail, sheep in the road, slow cars that you pass by crossing into the oncoming lane) or both, so it's never boring.

Sadly, the most beautiful things I saw were things I couldn't get pictures of, because I was driving. A herd of reindeer. After a (very!) long tunnel, an opening into a fjord at twilight with the water shining silver and the sparkling lights of a town. Also, the fjords – they're just too big and too grand for my iPhone (especially with the dreadful iOS update, have I mentioned the dreadful iOS update?).

Now that I'm in the northeast, I find the roads to be snowy and icy. They're drivable, but I don't feel like dealing with it, so her…

Jökulsárlón is a glacial lake full of icebergs that have calved from the glacier. One of the many single-lane bridges of the Ring Road passes right above it. On one side is the lagoon full of icebergs and the glacier; on the other side is a black sand beach covered with chunks of ice.

I spent hours there. I'll be as selective as I can, but this place is like no other on Earth and so this 20+-photo post will contain a jump break.

Morning views from Gerði, Suðursveit...

I drove from Vík to Skaftafell (the route). I'm going to try to be really selective with my pictures, but the thing is, in this part of the country you encounter the GLACIER that takes up a huge portion of southeast Iceland, Vatnajökull. It's difficult to contain oneself when there is a glacier.

I drove from Thingvellir National Park down to Eyrarbakki, then on to Vík with a stop at Skógafoss. If you're wondering where those things are, here's the route.