Oct 12, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Iceland has two* main television stations: The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service [RÚV to us locals] and Channel 2. Both of those have newsrooms, and both have a sort of current affairs programme immediately after the news. Very recently, one of the main news...
Oct 11, 2005 | Uncategorized |
So, yesterday the Supreme Court threw out 80% of the charges in the Baugur case.Missed the prequel? Here’s a [very] brief summary: This past summer, the founders and key executives of Baugur Group, which owns half of Iceland and is working on the UK, were indicted on...
Oct 10, 2005 | Travel & Reviews, Uncategorized |
It was absolutely beautiful yesterday so EPI and I decided to go to Þingvellir. [That’s pronounced ‘Thingvellir’. Not ‘Pingvellir’. Unless you want every Icelander you meet to laugh themselves silly at you.] Þingvellir is the sort of...
Oct 6, 2005 | Uncategorized |
The Most Original Blog Post Award goes to Nancy, who entered the names of her ‘favorite bloggers’ into google image search, and posted the results.Check out my picture. If it ain’t the very spitting image – and who knew that YT shared a name...
Oct 5, 2005 | Uncategorized |
You know what I absolutely love? I love it when I go out somewhere and someone corrects my English.YT: I think we’ll try some of that lamb sirloin.Pedantic Store Clerk: Some of that sir-lo-een.YT: [to EPI] Don’t you think? Some of that sirloin?PSC:...
Oct 3, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Today I took my life in my hands and ventured out into Reykjavík traffic. Man! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Icelandic drivers are the scariest in the Whole Wide World.I drove to visit my friend L. up in Mosfellsbær [let’s call it a...
