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Hvitá

When I drove across the bridge, I was so busy looking for oncoming traffic I almost missed the sign: Hvitá On the other side, I...

Ominous

“It’s not an omen,” she said. She said it out of principle. Omens were inconsistent with the world view she was trying to impart to...

Tjörnin

Tjörnin Lake in downtown Reykjavik just beginning to freeze in late October, 2012....

High Seat Posts

Reading the sagas, I always wondered what “high seat posts” looked like. This replica was at the Saga Museum in Reykjavik’s Perlan. Now that I’ve...