Vikingsson on November 18th, 2008

I’m never quite sure what day or what time it is anymore. I keep staying up very late since it isn’t so late back home. At least I can catch up on some reading. Not that Icelandic TV isn’t interesting but the shows are for the most part the same ones from home plus British [...]

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Vikingsson on November 17th, 2008

Sunday was a resting day.  I was a bit slow off the mark after a very late Saturday night.  But I did a lot of walking in the damp dark evening.  Most shops are closed so it was mostly a walk through residential areas and to the hills where I had good views of the [...]

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Vikingsson on November 16th, 2008

I walked so much that my feet are now protesting.  Speaking of protesting, I went to the protest at the Parliament square.  The local papers are saying that 8000 people were there.  The people are angry and are demanding answers and a solution to the sudden economic problems and that it won’t ruin their lives [...]

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Vikingsson on November 15th, 2008

I awoke to a still dark Reykjavik.  I thought oh please don’t be 4am since I only had an hour’s sleep.  It was 9am so I jumped out of bed with a body that thought it was 4.  And back home it was 4am so the 9am darkness looks right.  The hotel breakfast was very [...]

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