Posts Tagged ‘iceland’

Iceland: A Trip around the Ring Road

30, Sep 2009

In spring 2005 I visited Iceland for the first time. I won an auction for two tickets and two nights at the IcelandAir flagship hotel for $1000 from the Cal Alumni Assoc. Being naturally crazy, I dragged a friend to Iceland for a week at the end of April. Then, in August 2007, I returned [...]

Last Days in Isafjordur

1, Sep 2007

To think by this time next week I will be in the US living the mundane life is depressing. I cannot fathom leaving Iceland and returning to the US. But first, my adventures of the last 24 hours. I spent Thursday night at Langi Mangi for the Pop Quiz contest. Langi Mangi is the local [...]

Tjoruhusid: Isafjordur’s Amazing Fish Restaurant

28, Aug 2007

We finally visited the local Icelandic fish restaurant, Tjöruhúsið. Local meaning, a log cabin, a tiny kitchen, and the husband cooking fish on a moving stove. There were three choices: fish soup, catfish, and a type of cod. We choose all of them and then waited. We waited and waited; as the air filled with [...]

Viking Poison Strikes: Icelandic Brennivin

24, Aug 2007

It started with innocuous questions about the cuisine. Two minutes later, the rather good looking Icelander came back from the kitchen with a small frozen jar filled with white chunks. He then searches the closet and pulls an empty bottle of schnapps, then finds a unopened one stashed in a brown paper bag. What do [...]

Isafjordur: A buccolic city in the West Fjords

20, Aug 2007

Isafjordur, Iceland…a tiny tiny town. 4000 people, one post office, two gas stations, two bakeries. Yet, amazing to live in the fjords. Tall, unwavering, impressive mountains carved in zig-zags. Located near the Arctic circle (66.1N instead of 66.5N), it is good enough to be the Arctic. If you are visiting Iceland or thinking about visiting [...]

First Days in Isafjordur

20, Aug 2007

What I find ironic is that to enter Iceland via Keflavik airport, one must go through security. To travel domestically, via the Reykjavik airport, the security screens are not present.  No checks, no nothing.  Brings us back to the good old days. :) The sun completely sets (or I will say the sky goes black) [...]

Komdu Saell, Hello in Icelandic!

18, Aug 2007

Bonjour! …wait, wrong language… Ni hao! damn, still wrong… Komdu saell! let’s hope this is right ;) I have finally arrived to Isafjordur…a town that literally can be tucked away in Memorial Stadium and the parking lot. ;) It is beautiful here: the massive fjords, dangling remnants of snow, the Arctic Ocean (maybe North Atlantic) [...]


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