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The western side and some tasty geysersWe stayed in Akureyri two nights ago, where we were amazed to find traffic lights and to not immediately be able to park. Ie this was an actual town. And a nice one with a good church (closed Posted by snowboot in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 10, 2008
Hot mealsWe have discovered that the travel guides do not go far enough in informing their readers of the potential for establishments to be closed in winter (from Oct 1st). It is a potential extremely high. Today we walked across a Posted by snowboot in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 7, 2008
Adverse weather conditionsFrom Egilstadir we drove north to Husey, which, when you include ourselves, the two Germans in the room below ours, and the population of the community, calls itself home to about ten people. The road to Husey is long and Posted by urchinjoe in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 7, 2008
The South-East of IcelandWe left Reykjavik in our hire-car, which is pale green and has five doors, two nights ago, to visit the Blue Lagoon. ITs a hot, salty, silty, muddy and surreal place, the by-prouct of geothermal power. The water is milky Posted by urchinjoe in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 4, 2008
North East Iceland and Northern LightsWe are now in Egilstadir, a small town on the east coast, and are heading to Husey for the night, where apparently many seals reside. Yesterday we saw a lake with loads of icebergs (Joe will no doubt be Posted by snowboot in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 4, 2008
SweatersIn this internet cafe one may drink Rooibosch, yay. Plus it's warmer than effing freezing in here and a flamingo hangs from a light fitting with tinsel round its jolly pink neck. In Reykjavik thick hand knitted sweaters Posted by snowboot in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 1, 2008
Arriving in ReykjavikI got my dissertation finished, drove to Essex, met Laura's parents and flew to Reykjavik in the last couple of days. We arrived here yesterday, checked into Baldursbra guest-house, and slept immediately. Then explored Reykjavik. Its a very small capital Posted by urchinjoe in The Icelandic Saga | Oct 1, 2008
ManuscriptsI went to the Cultural Centre with a group of people who are completing the MA program in Medieval Icelandic Studies. There we saw the saved remains of manuscripts of Icelandic sagas, which was pretty neat because I've been hearing Posted by corneggs in Travels | Aug 30, 2008
Oink oink, muu muuSo what have I been doing for the past few days? Well, getting settled in yada yada yada. When I first arrived I met two Americans, one of whom had already been to Reykjavík before. So we went into the Posted by corneggs in Travels | Aug 30, 2008
Lessons Learned, Almost Blown AwaySo I don't think I'm going to go on the field excursion that originally led me to want to attend the University of Iceland in the first place. But oh well. Plans and intentions change. That doesn't mean that I Posted by corneggs in Travels | Aug 30, 2008
Welcome to CloudlandLayers upon layers of clouds were the first things I saw as we descended down to Keflavik Airport, 45 minutes from the capital of Reykjavik. Then I saw the sea and thought for just a second that we were going Posted by corneggs in Travels | Aug 28, 2008
Greenland is covered in iceNo time to write anything now, but looks for the following items in a lengthly discussion of iceland: 1. greenery 2. the moon 3. $10 beer 4. volcanoes 5. hot dogs After the weekend in England, we're in Dresden until tomorrow when we Posted by seventurns in Manthei Family extravaganza! | Jul 29, 2008
Hello from Reykjavik!Hello from Reykjavik, the northernmost capital city in the world! When they say this is the land of the midnight sun, they aren't kidding. I have yet to see the sun set, and it has my sleeping schedule all Posted by sfoshee in Scott's Iceland and Scandinavia 2008 | Jun 8, 2008
To keep promises or notWhen I come back home from my trip to the country I have visited for the first time people always keep asking me weather I liked the place. What was the most striking experience I had? Were there any interesting Posted by tomik in All around the world in a slow pase | Jan 2, 2008
IcelandBefore heading to Iceland, Liam and i dropped into the UK - London was mostly catching up with friends from Perth - followed by a whirlwind peep into Glasgow and Edinburgh. We were both surprised at how small both Posted by legham in travelog | Aug 10, 2007
I´ve been here for more than a monthYes, here I am. After some weeks I can say I definitely live and work in Iceland. I was in a car about three weeks ago, on the way from Selfoss to Reykjavík. After leaving Hveragerði, we went up a plateau Posted by joneguiluz in Living In Iceland | Mar 1, 2007
A ParisIt is 2am Icelandic time while I am writing this. It is still light out but its raining and 45 degrees so we decided to stay inside. Our plan to camp out in the bar has been hampered by the Posted by reed.676 in Brad and Neal's Excellent Adventure | Jun 14, 2007
Iceland - Reykjavík City CenterAlthough the city is ancient and much of the architecture is historic, there are many interesting examples of modern design scattered throughout. Below is the Reykjavík City Hall on Lake Tjornin - not that stunning, sure - but interesting for Posted by BryanG in On The Road | Apr 11, 2007
Sober IcelandAs is my custom when I travel, I did a search to see if I could find a meeting while I was in town. I found an English speaking AA meeting at a place called "The AA House by the Posted by BryanG in On The Road | Apr 11, 2007
The Icelandic Interior I put my boots on, jumped in my little red rental car, and headed into the interior of the country this morning. Minutes outside of Reykjavik there was almost no traffic and I was alone on Posted by BryanG in On The Road | Apr 10, 2007
Iceland by NightWhen I told people that I was going to Iceland, some of you joked that I might see Björk while I am here. Well, sure enough, I did. I was browsing the internet a day before my departure looking for Posted by BryanG in On The Road | Apr 10, 2007
Iceland I arrived in Reykjavik early this morning after a six hour flight from Baltimore. This place is other-worldly. Even the drive from the airport was breath-taking. I checked into my hotel, Posted by BryanG in On The Road | Apr 9, 2007
Saturday nightJesús was supposed to be in Selfoss by now, but he's taken the wrong bus lines in Reykjavík and hasn't even got to the place where a guy told him last night to hitch-hike. His plan was to come to Posted by joneguiluz in Living In Iceland | Mar 31, 2007
The day after the matchI went to the Icelandic course after picking Vera (Germany) and Manuel (Spain) up from their places. At the entrance of the school we go to we met Steffan (Germany) and Sebastian (Germany). While we were out there, enjoying the Posted by joneguiluz in Living In Iceland | Mar 29, 2007
Been here for more than two monthsI'm writing a diary, but forgetting my blog. Doesn't matter: I'll mend it, promise. I've just finished having breakfast: skyr (the Icelandic version of yoghourt, but millions of times better) with 100% pure milk, straight from the cows I work Posted by joneguiluz in Living In Iceland | Mar 26, 2007

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