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A celebrity in the family!

EPI's daughter was on the bus the other day when a little girl came up to her, looked at her in awe and said, "Are you Barbie?"AND TODAY - MINIMALIST WEATHERSnow. Sleet. Snow. 0°C. Sunrise 11.15, sunset 15.52.

Stuffed

Pity poor old Quentin Tarantino. Every time he sets foot on Icelandic soil he gets bombarded with stuff. Everyone wants him to have a sample of their little product to take home: Icelandic movies on DVD, Icelandic music on DVD, Dead clothes, 66°N clothes... and as...

A little bit of mush

Yesterday I realized that this is possibly the best Christmas I’ve had in my life. Or at least in a very very long time. What a wonderful realization! Christmas used to be a major ordeal for me. It was something to be endured, a necessary evil, and I would...

Welcome to my cobwebs

My GOD what an ordeal it was getting out of bed this morning! And what an ordeal it is to nail my butt to the office chair and start in on those assignments that I've been systematically pushing aside until the holidays were over. The grey matter is just NOT clicking...

The Gift

A young man wanted to purchase a gift for his new sweetheart’s birthday, and as they had not been dating very long, after careful consideration, he decided a pair of gloves would strike the right note: romantic, but not too personal. Accompanied by his sweetheart’s...

Up in flames

So. Here in Niceland we’re currently in the process of gearing up for the Mutha of all parties [and if you’ve been reading for a while, you’ll know that we have many over the course of the year], namely New Years Eve. Despite their crazy reputation, though, the New...

A bunch of photos…

First, we have rancid skate cooking out on the balcony [on account of the smell, obviously]...A steaming, heaping platter of rancid skate, mmmmmm......Húrri the family feline was rather curious about the foodsmells wafting up from the table...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING...

Christmas rundown

It’s been business as usual this Christmas, with adherence to both personal and cultural traditions, plus indulging in some serious [and well-earned] laziness. Predictably, Yule chez YT begins on the 23rd, what with birthday celebrations and the much-anticipated...

Wrapping up the Yule Lads

Pity the poor tourists that spent Christmas in Reykjavík and failed to realize that virtually everything is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A grand total of four restaurants were open on the 24th, for example - including one fast-food place. Lots of people...

Some urgent business

First of all, today is my birthday. To those of you who have already jumped the gun - thank you my lovelies, it's always great to get birthday wishes, on any day of the year. But today is the official one.Secondly, what I would love love love today, is if all you...

Putrid skate for beginners

So EPI's brother and sister-in-law have invited us to a putrid skate party tomorrow. Putrid skate parties are without a doubt one of the more bizarre Icelandic traditions. Every year on December 23, Icelanders get together and eat skate [as in fish] that has been...

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