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Placed on January 1st, 2009 by Lisa
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posted on
December 25th, 2009
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

the mysterious pickle

As I mentioned in my last post, Germans are extremely enthusiastic about the Christmas traditions, and many of them have migrated to America. One that I'd heard of years ago and continues to crop u ...

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posted on
December 24th, 2009
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

german holidays

Germans know how to do Christmas properly, from the gluhwein and the markets to the vast and ancient churches that host vesper services. The markets are a unique experience that no American replic ...

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posted on
November 26th, 2009
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

marshmallow lessons

I was one of the fortunate invitees to a rather spectacular dinner on Saturday night, at the now famous blue house. One of the temporary house residents A, a restaurant owner from Germany, had bee ...

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posted on
November 11th, 2009
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

not mourning the departure

After our first attempt to hail the departure of McDonalds failed, S was determined to try again, so we went again a few days later and braved the line for a final "góðborgari" for me a ...

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posted on
November 10th, 2009
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

two ways

Last Saturday I met one of the very few traffic engineers in Iceland, and we spent some time discussing how they're in the process of overhauling the timing of all the lights in town so that certai ...

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