The Ãslendingur loves his/her swimming pool. Mostly outdoor pools, little or no chlorine (please wash yourself), heated by the geothermal goodness beneath their feet. A hot day that we might consider a swim is very rare in Iceland so they go swimming not to cool off but to warm up.
Imagine taking in the [...]
So nice to hear about these message in a bottle stories. Much nicer than gooey pollution and dead fish. An old fashioned and even romantic thing these stories.
I finally moved away from that miserable suburb, you know, the one that looks like a van and has trees with no shade. This new town is much older with very large trees and really big houses. I walk to work. I’m surrounded by houses, giant vehicles, and stores that I can’t [...]
