{"id":277,"date":"2012-03-27T01:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/?p=277"},"modified":"2012-03-27T01:26:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:26:32","slug":"strange-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/2012\/03\/27\/strange-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m slowly working on some posts that require research and double-checking from books that I may-or-may-not have at home, so while those are being made I&#8217;ll post some things like this post instead. Today you get &#8220;strange or interesting things I&#8217;ve taken photos of in Iceland&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/DSCN0137.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN0137\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/DSCN0137.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250304.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1250304\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250304.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nBy the pond in Reykjav\u00edk. The little house even lights up. Actually this little house reminds me of a very similar house that was supposed to represent racism in Sweden &#8211; it was a little house like this, with a Swedish flag attached, floating in some water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_8749.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 8749\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_8749.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250352.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1250352\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250352.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe bus stop at the University of Iceland is a giant advertisement and has been ever since I first saw it. Before, it just had some writing on the glass and a regular paper advertisement on the inside. It lights up as of sometime last year when they installed the screen, but when the weather is too cold the sign inside actually freezes and doesn&#8217;t change anymore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1210784.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1210784\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1210784.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_8649.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 8649\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_8649.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4042-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4042 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4042-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1220732.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1220732\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1220732.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAll I can say is that Iceland seems to like lighting things up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1190873.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1190873\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1190873.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis was a movie being shown at night inside the church right on the edge of the pond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1210506.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1210506\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1210506.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis was a looping film of a boat and some water, also being shown in a strange place downtown. I forget what this building is though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_9086.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 9086\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_9086.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis is supposedly a &#8220;rainbow cake&#8221; recipe found in a women&#8217;s magazine. I&#8217;m not sure why three colours are considered rainbow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1190702.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1190702\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1190702.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nPlants growing from a roof-drain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4439-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4439 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4439-1.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nRoof under construction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4406.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4406\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4406.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nPainting a roof. Not sure why they didn&#8217;t paint it a similar colour as the old version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4627.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4627\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4627.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nUpside-down price tag. Actually I see things like this a lot at B\u00f3nus, sometimes I wonder if someone goes around doing it for a joke.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4621.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4621\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4621.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1200176.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1200176\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1200176.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe island in the middle of the pond, full of seagulls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1240610.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1240610\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1240610.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nA wall at the harbour dedicated to breast-feeding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/DSCN0144.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN0144\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/DSCN0144.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nIn the basement floor of the Nordic House library, Iceland has been rubbed off of the globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250373.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1250373\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1250373.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAn entire mini recipe book dedicated to cheese meals, including cheese soup. This has something like ten pages. It claims that cheese will make almost any meal healthier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4646.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 4646\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 400px\"  alt=\"\" \/ src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_4646.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nTo close, a common dice game in Icelandic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/03\/DSCN0137-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/03\/DSCN0137-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/03\/DSCN0137-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/03\/DSCN0137.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>I&#8217;m slowly working on some posts that require research and double-checking from books that I may-or-may-not have at home, so while those are being made I&#8217;ll post some things like this post instead. Today you get &#8220;strange or interesting things I&#8217;ve taken photos of in Iceland&#8221;. By the pond in Reykjav\u00edk. 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