Sea swimming with Icelandic hipsters: an introduction
My friend James has lived on me for almost a year and made a lot of friends among my people, mostly by hassling them when they're drunk and trying to sleep with them. And swimming in the arctic ocean....
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: Two Germans at the airport
These two friendly men from Germany were stranded on me because of my ash cloud, on 18 April 2010. They said they were looking forward to being back home....
View ArticleStranded in Iceland? Agent Fresco to the rescue!
My friend Hrafnkell is a good young man who plays "polyrythmic oddtime rock with jazz and funk influence" in his band Agent Fresco (twitter.com/agentfresco). Here, on 18 April 2010, he gives stranded...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: Jordan from Boston and Mardi from Amsterdam
My friends on this Vimeo were walking in my capital on 18 April 2010, and met the very friendly Mardi and Jordan. They were both are stranded on me because of my ash cloud, she on her way back to a...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: Neil from Canada
Here is Neil from Calgary in Canada. On 18 April 2010 he was stranded on me, and lazing in the Blue Lagoon. He was very relaxed, which I think sometimes happens to people who visit me....
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: London baby, yeah!
This group of clever and well spoken young men from London were stranded on me because of my ash cloud. (Of course there were girls with them, but they were too shy to talk.) When my friends on Vimeo...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: A family from Manchester
This nice man from a big city called Manchester was stranded on me with his wife and son. So far they've seen my whales, my Blue Lagoon and my volcano up close. And they're looking forward to coming...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: Three Norwegian girls
These Norwegian girls on a school trip were stranded on me because of my ash cloud. They were supposed to leave on two days before my friends in this Vimeo talked to them in my Blue Lagoon on 18 April...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: A Family from Portland, Maine
Because the insistence of its youngest member, this family is going to a different one of my swimming pools every day. (On 18 April 2010 they were in my Blue Lagoon.) They saw my volcano on the flying...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: Zoé and Clow from France
At a hotel near my airport, these two French girls were waiting to get back home, after being stranded on me because of my ash cloud. (Zoé and Clow, if you are watching this, my friend Hrafnkell from...
View ArticleStranded in Iceland: A family from Germany
This family from Germany who likes ice cream was on its way home from Canada and got stranded on me because of my ash cloud. They talked to my friends on the top of Perlan on 18 April 2010....
View ArticleUnder the volcano, the show must go on
My people do not make a big fuss about my volcanic eruption. They have lived on me for a long time, and know my ways. In the afternoon on 24 April 2010, Karlakór Rangæinga (the men's choir of...
View ArticleDoktor Gunni's list of only moderately touristy things to do in Reykjavík
I have heard that many people think everything that famous people say must be true. This is why the people who help with my Vimeo thought it would be a very good idea to ask a famous person to tell...
View ArticleHow to Make Plokkfiskur: an Icelandic Plokkumentary (featuring a Mother-in-Law)
Many of my friends are curious about my people's traditional food. Plokkfiskur is a traditional food that involves neither sheep heads nor ram's testicles. (My people actually like it.) In this...
View ArticleHow to knit like an Icelandic man
Halló, this is Iceland. It is true that my men are very manly, and sometimes have names that are hard for you to say. This is Þórgnýr Thoroddsen, whose name is very hard to say, but he makes up for it...
View ArticleHow to Make Icelandic Pönnukökur
I have heard that over their Christmas, many people like to eat many things with their mouths. But not many of them know how to make pancakes like my people. That is why my friend Margrét made this...
View ArticleA day in the life of the official drawing-person of Reykjavík
Halló, this is Iceland. Many humans like to take photographs in my Reykjavík, but it does not have an official photo-grapher. It only has an official drawing-person. If you walk around in it you will...
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