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Where can I swim in Iceland? | iamapolarbear.com

Where can I swim in Iceland?

June 16, 2022

Another addition to the Iceland Map Hub! This shows just about everywhere you can swim in Iceland, all on a lovely map! People don’t necessarily think of Iceland as a swimming destination. Perhaps they think of the Blue Lagoon but nothing else. However, just about every settlement has a pool, the pools are almost all … More Where can I swim in Iceland?

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I found every supermarket in Iceland | iamapolarbear.com

I found every supermarket in Iceland

February 21, 2022

Consider this post the launch of my new Iceland Hub! People know me for Iceland, both on social media and in real life and although there’s so much Iceland content here, I don’t really make it as prominent as I could, so now there’s a whole pretty page dedicated to gathering it all up together in … More I found every supermarket in Iceland

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I'm Julie, a travel, adventure and wellness blogger. I love Iceland, I love jumping into hot water and I do love a bit of snow.

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📌 Playa de Huelin, Málaga Not that we spent our four days in Málaga taking pictures of every pigeon we ever saw but… I did come back with a lot of pigeon pictures. 📌 Museo Picasso, Málaga 📌 Alcazaba de Málaga 📌 Málaga Cathedral 📌 Málaga 📌 Málaga Here’s a school trip I’ve never really mined, because I don’t remember enough details and I haven’t yet uncovered a diary. But this is Spain somewhere around June 2001. We drove all the way from the UK to Cordoba, slept one night on the coach (I think) and another at a hotel near Barcelona after breaking down on the France-Spain border. And that's it for my little adventure to the West Bohemian Spa Triangle. Three towns, plus a bonus day-and-a-bit in Prague, six trains, three pools (plus some fairly indifferent hotel pools), a lot of spring water, more selfies than I realised, an average of 3.5 miles of walking each day and I think I've finished up on nine blog posts.

About Julie

I'm a blogger, adventurer, lover of hot water, amateur paddler and polar bear who wilts in hot weather. Time (by day, I'm a researcher) and funds keep me within Europe and I make regular trips up to the north, especially to Iceland. I like the occasional adventure across Europe by train and I'm starting to make use of my weekends for 48-hour adventures. This isn't my only creative outlet - I've written two travelogues (one on a winter adventure across the Arctic Circle and one on exploring volcanoes during a warm summer road trip around Iceland) plus a little book of Icelandic pools and I have a fourth book in progress right now.

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