Monday Mysteries: The Water Carrier
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Today on Monday Mysteries we’re back in Iceland for a look at the story behind a statue I saw everyday on our visit, called Vatnsberinn, “The Water Carrier”.
Category Archives: Iceland 2014
Food on Fridays: Icelandic Foods
Today I want to talk about a few Icelandic foods we encountered on our recent trip to Reykjavik.
Food on Fridays: Sarah!
Today on Food on Fridays we encounter one of the popular pastries in Reykjavik.
Hallgrímskirkja: The church at the top of that hill
As we wandered around Reykjavik on the first day of our visit in May, Chris and I glanced down one of the street and caught sight of an ultra modern church that was looming over all the normal-sized buildings that … Continue reading
Impressions of the Harpa
The conference that Chris went to in Reykjavik in May was held in the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center building. It’s rather new, as
Cat on a cold rock beach
Today we take another look at the cat I saw on the rocky beach in Reykjavik.
Gawking at Gullfoss
Today on the blog we’re back in Iceland to visit the long-promised stop #3 on the Circle Tour I took from Rejkjavik.
Monday Mysteries: The guy on the hill in Reykjavik
Today in Monday Mysteries we get introduced to the “guy on a hill ” that I passed by every day in Reykjavik.
Geysers gushing near Geysir
Although I’ve seen Old Faithful in Yellowstone, I didn’t know much about geysers. Until we went to Iceland in May, I didn’t know that the English word”geyser” comes from the name, Geysir, of a giant geyser in Iceland. “Geysir” as … Continue reading
When it’s rainy in Reykjavik
There’s an expression in Reykjavik that if you don’t like the weather just wait 5 minutes and it’s bound to change. That was true to a certain extent last week, although the change was usually from cloudy to rainy to … Continue reading