Posts from ‘October, 2009’

A few days ago Sam and I were interviewed by Jim Saunders who writes for Icelandnews.is. He wanted to know about life in Iceland. On his site there is the audio interview plus a written article. I sound a bit silly but Sam was a natural Click on the link for a look Rhiannon x

I got my work photo emailed to me today. They have had it printed, laminated and hung up outside the kitchen with my name on…

Lyst, the operator of US fast food chain McDonald’s in Iceland, announced yesterday that McDonald´s will be closing up shop by the end of this month. This is because of the increase of import charges since the collapse of the Icelandic króna. The low exchange rate and high import tax has meant that the cost of meat, veg, cheese [...]

This article was written by A.A. Gill in December last year. Right at the beginning of the whole ´crisis´. I have shown this to a few people before but came accross it this evening and thought I would post it on here. A.A. Gill appears to really understand an Icelanders point of view on the [...]

My wedding present from Hrönn was made by Ragna Ingimundardóttir. It is made of lava sand from right here in Iceland. It is truly beautiful. Handverk og Hönnun/Crafts and Design is a private non-profit insitution established in 2007. It recieves financial support from The Ministy of Education, Science and Culture in Iceland. It works to develop and [...]

Yesterday I got up extra early to drive Sam to the bus stop in Hella for 07:30. He went to meet with Hrönn, in Reykjavík, to get some business done. I went to work and then drove straight to Reykjavík. I was quite nervous about it, it was the longest drive I have ever taken by myself! …and although [...]

The schools and kindergartens will not close unless all the staff members are ill. Also, regarding the vaccine, if you have any symptoms you can go to the doctor and get the vaccine for free! Once you get the vaccine or tablets you should recover within two days. However, if you don´t have any symptoms [...]

I have been asked to talk a bit about how living in a country in an economical crisis has affected us. Here it goes… In truth, it doesn´t effect us too much in our everyday lives. Food is more expensive here than in England but it just means you have to learn to cook better [...]

Today, apparently, swine flu has been confirmed in three cases in the local school. One of the teachers from my work has also had confirmation. There is no talk yet as to whether they will close the school…we shall have to wait and see. My boss gave us a few statistics about the flu which [...]