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A hundred names for snow Posted by on Nov 21, 2012

The days are getting shorter but at least it’s no longer as dark as it was only about a week ago. The first snow is here to help light up the streets a little. A local saying claims that Icelandic has over a hundred words for snow, and although this may be exaggerating the amount…

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Survive a storm in Iceland. Posted by on Nov 4, 2012

Hello dear readers, I hope that everyone around the areas that Sandy hit are safe! Over here we had some stormy weather over the weekend as well, although it really couldn’t compare to Sandy. Storms are typical autumn weather for Iceland and with winds over 25m/s they can, however, still cause a lot of damage…

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S.O.S. – save our sheep! Posted by on Sep 14, 2012

Up north the rescue units have been hard at work for the whole week. The storm may be over but it brought along a lot of snow for the north part of the country and it could not have come at a worse time. Icelandic sheep are let out in the spring after which they…

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Sheep, shrubbery and Strandarkirkja. Posted by on Sep 2, 2012

Now for the second part of our recent travels to the south! Hliðarvatn lakeside (pun intended) is not only fully of berries but of people picking them as well, yet they were almost impossible to see. The small hills and the thick undergrowth completely hid an adult, crouching person, and small children could run around…

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The epic berrypicking roadtrip. Posted by on Aug 29, 2012

Today’s blog post is once again about traveling within Iceland, and due to the amount of material I’m going to divide the entry in two for easier following. You see, what was supposed to be only a short trip to pick blueberries turned into something that included Iceland’s natural wonders and a church that has…

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Parking like you just don’t care. Posted by on Aug 1, 2012

It’s again that time of the year when Iceland has relatively little snow. This ought to mean that certain things would not be very hard to accomplish, parking for example. However, there are always those to whom markings on the ground are but estimates that can either be ignored if necessary or used to one’s…

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There once was a puffin, just the shape of a muffin Posted by on Jul 19, 2012

…And he lived on and island in the bright blue sea! ~Florence Page Jaques Few birds are as iconic to Iceland as lundi, Atlantic puffin. They live in large colonies all around the shorelines of Iceland but especially in the Vestmannaeyjar (= Westman Isles) where the largest puffin colony of the world is located. Often they…

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