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Missing the water
The one nice thing about coming back home was seeing the sun blaring in my window before 9am. You won’t get that at this time of the year in Iceland. And you’d be lucky to see the sun at all since it hangs low with the chance of clouds or fjord blocking the light more [...]
The Lonely Swimming Pool
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 waters [...]
