Posts Tagged ‘isafjordur’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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