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Ocean Adventures By Brooke Hanson from Winnipeg, MB

I have been lucky enough to work with the Elding Whale Watching company during my family stay in Reykjavík.* I have been out on tours 6 times in 5 days, and each time has been an exhilarating and...

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Fly Fishing & Living in the Moment by Natalya Jensen from Wisconsin

Today my cousin Steinn taught me how to fly fish. The farm I'm staying, Seglbúðir in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, has excellent streams and waters for fly fishing and beautiful scenery to match. I had some...

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Fjord life - The Eastern Alps

By James Callahan.Iceland is certainly different from Atlanta, Georgia. Having lived in Georgia my entire life, subject to the conditioning of America, I can clearly see the undeniable importance and...

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People of Svarfaðardalur

By Thomas Arnason McNeil from Halifax, NSIt is a difficult thing to define the people of Svarfaðardalur, Iceland. The residents of this small valley, just a few kilometres from the fishing town of...

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The World is a Small Place

​Having grown up in the world’s second largest country by land area (Canada, for those unknowing of this factoid), where the population is much higher and considerably more spread out, and yet denser...

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Geysir and a Trek in Search of Solitude

By Justin Gailey from Port Angeles, Washington​I spent a week of my homestay up near Geysir, the ultimate namesake for our English word “geyser”.  It was a lovely area full of mountains, fields,...

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Chasing Waterfalls and Learning about the Norse Gods

Rebecca Hayman from Kelowna, BCMy family decided they wanted to educate me on the Norse mythology of some of the local sights, We passed by Goðafoss, and Sigrún told me the story of why it was called...

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A Perfect Evening At Winnipeg Beach

Yesterday evening Vala and I went to what our host family (Barb and Eric) called “Music”. It was in Winnipeg Beach, and on the way there from Gimli we passed Siglavik, Miklavik and Husavik!Every week,...

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Icelandic as A Secret Language

For me, one of the most interesting parts of the Snorri West program was meeting people of Icelandic descent and hearing their stories. It is amazing to meet these people. Some of them have been to...

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Keeping Promises & Feeling Like Home

.By Gunnlaug Birta Þorgrímsdóttir from Búðardalur.​Here in Manitoba, Minnesota and North Dakota every single person has opened their arms for me and the other Snorris. It has been so sweet and I feel...

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