Dec 22, 2005 | Uncategorized |
So EPI’s brother and sister-in-law have invited us to a putrid skate party tomorrow. Putrid skate parties are without a doubt one of the more bizarre Icelandic traditions. Every year on December 23, Icelanders get together and eat skate [as in fish] that has...
Dec 21, 2005 | Uncategorized |
At first I thought it was just me, but evidently it’s not: Birta [weekly magazine delivered free with Fréttablaðið] has the Yule Lads at the top of their trend-o-meter, accompanied by this reasoning: “They’re clad in those oh-so fashionable Icelandic...
Dec 21, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Well, dinner at The Virgin may now be crossed off my to-do list. As can the Christmas prezzie thing, plus the kaffihús. Finally finally I find myself getting into the spirit of the season, what with all those jolly people waltzing up and down Laugavegur [not...
Dec 20, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Would you be interested in knowing what things I have not yet ticked off my Christmas to-do list? BUY THE CHRISTMAS TREESomeone asked me the other day where our Christmas trees come from, because they sure don’t come from around here [as you all know – maybe – Iceland...
Dec 18, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Here in Iceland, Christmas is all about tradition, and one of the most sacred traditions in every household is what to have for Christmas dinner. Most people I know are absolute sticklers about having the same thing every year, and ideally it has to be something...
Dec 16, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Went to see King Kong tonight, a.k.a. the film ‘…Where If You Think This Is As Bad As It Gets, Something Worse Happens,’ and ‘… Naomi Watts Wears Her Slip In the Jungle and Suffers Every Physical Calamity Possible Yet Sustains Hardly A Scratch’. And her mascara...
