Travelling in Winter in Iceland

As my Dutch friend Koosje is leaving Iceland on Sunday 14th we decided to spend the last week of her stay travelling together. After our fantastic stay at the Vestmannaeyjar we decided that Greenland would be an experience. After checking the flight fares which would be over 1000Fr. we decided to drop this plan. Our next plan were the Faroe Islands. The flights were expensive but still payable. This time our problem was that there are only flights once a week! We did not have that much time to spare and frankly - there is not that much to see on the Faroe Islands. Our next hope was the ferry - this again only goes from Seyðisfjörður. Meaning: Bus from Reykjavík to Akureyri, from Akureyri to Egilsstaðir and from Eglisstaðir to Seyðisfjörður. I do not have to emphasis here that the winter schedule of the Icelandic buses is not the best off season. Even if, the ferry only goes once a week. The Faroe Islands seem to be the most isolated islands in Europe! With heavy hearts we droped our Faroe Island plan. What other islands were there to visit? Grímsey! A tiny little island in the north of Iceland - the only island that touches the arctic circle! Sounded like an adventure! Again we checked the ferry schedules and decided that apparently the Norse gods did not want us to travel... The ferry to Grímsey only goes on two days - not enough for us....
Ok! Our last plan. To rent a car and go to the beautiful Westfjords... Again we checked the internet to find out that most of the road up there are impassable! We started to be desperate.... Ok... final plan. Rent a car and go off to Akureyri. It sounded boring but it turned out to be quite adventurous :o)