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Apartment Hunting Posted by sequoia on Jun 9, 2012
Finding an apartment near the capital that’s both within a budget and not completely broken-down or in a bad area is pretty hard. The second hard thing is knowing what your budget will be after necessities, if you have little idea of prices in Reykjavík. First we’ll estimate the monthly expenses that you’ll have to…
Free Stuff Posted by sequoia on May 29, 2012
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Greetings from the Grímsvatn volcano. Posted by hulda on May 23, 2012
It began by somewhat of a surprise around seven o’clock in the evening of Monday, 21st May. As I stood at the bus stop waiting for my bus to come and take me downtown for a choir meeting I noticed something odd about the way the air looked like over the city. Although fog is…
Ordering from a Bookstore Posted by sequoia on May 12, 2012
The other day I ordered some books from this used bookstore, and I remembered how confusing some online shopping terms might be (doing this particular one I learned a new term too). I chose to show you this bookstore because unlike a lot of sites, while this one does openly ship outside of Iceland and…
Differences between America and Iceland Posted by sequoia on Apr 28, 2012
These are things I had to learn by myself in most cases. I have mentioned similar things in my previous posts too. – Most Icelandic business’ webpages are just a homepage. A physical shop in Iceland very likely has no website that you can buy things from, you have to actually go there in person…
Post office Posted by sequoia on Apr 23, 2012
One thing you’ll probably be doing whether you’re a tourist or immigrant is going to the post office. The downtown (area code “101” – Icelandic area codes are just three digits) post office is one of the places I’ve found where they’re always friendly and we always have a completely Icelandic conversation. They don’t call…
Þetta reddast, þetta kemur. Posted by hulda on Apr 10, 2012
One of the most Icelandic expressions I can think of is Þetta reddast, “it’ll work out”/”it’ll fix itself”. It’s used in any kind of a situation where someone’s facing a problem, no matter how difficult. It can be anything ranging from a confusing schedule at work to a situation that’s so desperate it would take…