{"id":45,"date":"2011-08-26T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/?p=45"},"modified":"2011-08-26T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T11:21:45","slug":"signs-in-apartment-complexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/2011\/08\/26\/signs-in-apartment-complexes\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs in Apartment Complexes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was going to write this yesterday, but after coming home from the post office I slept over twelve hours. Sorry!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve lived in two apartment complexes and am about to move into a third. The first was the student apartments from the University of Iceland, the second was a regular apartment near Laugavegur, and this third one is an apartment next to the pond. Even in the student apartments, frequently signs will not be in English.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_0103.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 0103\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 0103\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_0103.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis was the notice board inside the laundry room at the student apartment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_0104.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 0104\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 0104\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_0104.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nProbably the only sign that was also in English at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_0106.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 0106\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 0106\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_0106.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nWashing instructions. As I come from America, we usually have &#8220;hot \/ warm \/ cold&#8221; instead of degrees, but thanks to this chart I had an idea of how I should set the washing machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_0108.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 0108\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 0108\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_0108.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/P1160633.jpg\" aria-label=\"P1160633\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"P1160633\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/P1160633.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re unlucky, your washing machine might be in Scandinavian or might have symbols instead of words (I don&#8217;t have a photo of that). From here on are photos from my second flat. I can only read a couple words from this so I had to get my Swedish friend to translate so I could use the machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_2182-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 2182 1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 2182 1\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_2182-1.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;All trash should be in closed bags!<br \/>\nYou may never put pizza boxes or other things that jam in the trash chute!&#8221;<br \/>\n(Please follow this rule &#8211; it&#8217;s other people who live in the apartment complex that clean up the trash chute area. One day it&#8217;ll be your turn.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_3268.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 3268\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 3268\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_3268.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis is the cleaning schedule for who cleans what in the apartment per month. Clean up the trash, sweep and possibly mop the floor, make sure the trash isn&#8217;t overflowing in the trash chute, that&#8217;s probably what you&#8217;ll have to do in any apartment. All the names on this sheet are really outdated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_3271.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 3271\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 3271\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_3271.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nOur apartment seems to have things translated to Polish (I&#8217;m guessing that&#8217;s Polish) but nothing&#8217;s in English. Further list of chores.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/Living%20in%20Iceland\/IMG_3273.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 3273\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"IMG 3273\" src=\"http:\/\/i958.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae69\/JuicyPuffin\/mini%20pics%20for%20is%20blog\/IMG_3273.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;The outer door should always be locked.<br \/>\nTake care that it&#8217;s locked and closed.<br \/>\nSmoking is banned in public property.&#8221; (basically)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even know a single reader&#8217;s Icelandic level, for those of you reading this. If people can comment telling me how well they can read then I can translate more or less depending on what the majority knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/08\/IMG_0103.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>I was going to write this yesterday, but after coming home from the post office I slept over twelve hours. Sorry! I&#8217;ve lived in two apartment complexes and am about to move into a third. 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