One of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman, published a book, Stardust, back in 1998. This book is a fairytale, in my opinion one quite remarkable. As with some other books by Gaiman, it has the story of a young man growing up and finding he’s not quite what he thought, some things are different. The [...]

I disse juletider bakes det jo så mangt, så her kommer ei oppskrift på noe som ikke akkurat er julebakst, men likevel en innertier uansett årstid. Vi har her ei sjokoladekake, helt vanlig, men uten skummet melk og sukkererstatninger. Kaka har fått navnet Mammas kaffekake, men kunne like gjerne ha blitt hetende Mormors eller Oldemors [...]

Da var det nok en gang sesong for feit mat og det norske folk valfarter butikker på søken etter billig og bra mat, det være seg svineribbe, pinnekjøtt, kalkun, torsk, sodd eller hva nå familiens eller lokalsamfunnets tradisjon tilsier. Selv er jeg oppvokst med både svineribbe og pinnekjøtt, siden mor mi ville ha svin og [...]

Day 13, happy 13, will be the last full day on this trip. Tomorrow will just be wake-up-and-shower-and-get-to-the-airport-and-home. Starting slowly today, walking down to Kolaportið to get some harðfiskur for my dad and sister (they, too, love this).
Yesterday night was eventful for all of the town’s football fans,
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Now, a new blog entry about this tiny city at the northwest of Europe. It seems to me Reykjavík must be the Nordic countries capital of culture. This is of course not official and I guess quite a few people disagrees, but nevertheless my opinion.
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Woke up and it felt like I’d be sleeping most of the day, but it was only half past nine, so with the right amount of will, I could have even had breakfast for free at the hotel, but I decided against it. I emailed my contact at the travel agency, Þóra Árnadóttir, the other [...]

Day seven – almost halfway through. Should have had more time and more money and more everything, but I guess I can’t complain much. Walked into town again I went by Grái kötturinn to see if it was open, and though the door was open, the gate in front of it was not – still [...]

Yet another sunny day, temperatures up to 15 degrees and I’ve been around photographing new parts of town. Back at Prikið for some food (I’m not going to eat at that hotel again).
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Back in town after waking up rather late. Hildigunnur invited me to her house to dine with her husband, Jón Lárus Stefánsson, so yesterday I went there and was served Tagliatelle Bolognese (the real one from Bologna, not the common restaurant one, she underlined) and wine (starting with very good chianti, ending with a brilliant [...]

Starting off quite late today, not leaving the hotel before close to one o’clock and walking into town. On my way, I passed a hair dresser, turned, went back and inside and told the lady to do as she pleased.
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