Iceland Chronicles — bits and pieces from the northern island.

Of Icelandic Easter Oracles and Masonic Chicks

April 8, 2012

The partner in crime insisted that this year we should have a chocolate egg. I opposed the idea for a while, but mine was a lost cause. We basically had only two choices, so we got one of the medium sized Nói Síríus milk chocolate eggs. The thing that immediately struck me as the most [...]

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Iceland Photo-A-Day #103

April 3, 2012

It’s fish-drying season. Lumpfish caught at sea is left to dry in the open air for several weeks. The smell of this rotting fish isn’t the best appetizer, so beware if you happen to take a walk nearby. Seagulls, cats and dogs seem to think otherwise.

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Iceland Photo-A-Day #102

April 2, 2012

One of the best things about spring in Iceland is getting to see cats more often than during the cold season. Cats do go out when it’s colder—they have businesses to take care of and funny meetings to attend, even when it’s freezing outside—but they definitely like to spend more time sitting by thresholds and [...]

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A City That Sometimes Lives Up To Its Name

March 30, 2012

Today an impressive mass of smoky substance (fog? didn’t look like it though) was enshrouding the bay across the city of Reykjavík. Nothing out of the ordinary has been reported; nevertheless, it was quite a sight to behold, beautiful in an eerie sort of way. These photos were taken when the amount of fog still [...]

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