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Placed on January 1st, 2009 by Lisa
located in Reykjavík

The blog of a transplanted New Englander living in Iceland.

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posted on
March 19th, 2013
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

in the wind

My father died a few weeks ago. In the surreal few days that followed his passing, I kept myself busy with the many logistical details that had to be handled, threw myself into cleaning and helping ...

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posted on
February 2nd, 2013
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

wintry weekend

Back in December, my company had the (first!) annual Christmas dinner, an essential work tradition for any Icelandic company. Since our headquarters are located in Akureyri, I went up a few days ea ...

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posted on
March 6th, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

outdoor essentials

One of the things that really surprised me about housing in Iceland when I first arrived was that balconies are considered a nearly essential feature of home life. In Boston, I never lived in an ap ...

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posted on
February 6th, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

for the love of knitting

One thing that people have probably noticed when visiting Iceland is that the lopapeysa really is taken quite seriously here. It was conceived as a very serviceable garment in thick unspun Icelandi ...

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posted on
February 3rd, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

chapter new

The past three months have been an abrupt shift in quite a lot of my life parameters, and although late November was a rather rough phase, the outcome so far has been far better than I could have i ...

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