Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Blaðsíða 6

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Blaðsíða 6
6 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 11. september 1992 A Happy Accid by Jennifer Merin, Associated Press Reykjavík, Iceland — Many tourists discover Iceland by accident. The island is a connecting point on Icelandair’s flights to Luxembourg and other European cities. But once visitors smell Iceland’s fresh air, glimpse the landscape and get to know its culture and people, they want to retum. Indeed, Iceland is a terrific vacation destination for a week or more. Reykjavík, the culture-fílled capi- tal, deserves some time, but any Icelandic sojoum should include the island’s natural wonders. Cliffs tumble into a clear blue sea, Poetry where thousands of puffins and other sea birds nest and feed. There are rushing rivers rich in salmon and trout. Glaciers of thousand-year-old ice stand in dramatic contrast to moun- tains molded of lava from Iceland’s 200 volcanoes, 30 of them active in recent years. Great geysers spit steam high into the air and mud is set to boiling by subterranean geothermal pools. There are deserts of black sand and fields covered with green moss or grass. Rock caverns shelter hot springs that attract bathers even when the air is below freezing. Iceland, about the size of My Mother would Sing and Read to Us By Svanhildur Sabiston-Senger The years have gone by since I was a girl, And mother has passed away, But so often I think of the songs that she sang, In our old prairie home far away. In memory the thoughts bring tears to my eyes And the time that I sat on her knee. And I hear the refrain on the soft wind that blows, The old hymns that she sang to me. I see her sweet lips — her hair lovely and fair. And the tenderest smile on her face Which a lifetime of love and tender- est care, Never on earth could erase. Dearest Dad had gone, many years before. To rest in his home up above. But mother, she still tried to carry on And she gave us all of her love. In the evening by the light of the dim coal oil lamp When the work was all through for the day, Our family would sit in Rapture —■ spellbound. And listen to the things that she’d say. She so often would read when times were bad And things were so bad as could be. The lovely sweet rhymes that we all loved to hear, To my sisters and brothers and me. Donations to Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. Solmundson Gesta Hús, Dave & Sharon Holtz, Hecla, MB..............$20. Brent Johnson, Chetwynd, BC.$12.55 ícelanbic ífational leaguc ©rganizeb 1918 Incorporattb 1930 Support Icelandic Culture and Heritage Join your local chapter, or write to: The lcelandic National League 699 Carter Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3M 2C3 Telephone: (204) 284-3402 We Understand \ BARDAL'hí* FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM Winnipeg’s original Bardal Funeral Horne since 18d4. 843 Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg Telephone 774-7474 / NEWFOUNDLAND NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Newfoundland, has about 265,000 peo- ple, with half of them living in Reykjavík and sub- urbs. Others are on the northern coast at Akureyri, the second largest city, and in towns, fish- ing villages and farm settlements that ring the coast. The interior is uninhabited high- land wildemess. Exploring Iceland is easy, and thrillingly beautiful. One road circles the island, linking the coastal com- munities and passing through scenic splendours. The Ring Road, as it is known, is about 1,300 kilometres long, most of it paved but some cov- ered with gravel. There are branch roads, mostly of loose gravel. It takes at least a week to travel the Ring Road at an unhur- ried pace. There are buses but service in some places is sporadic. More conve- nient is a rented car. A week-long rental with unlimited travel costs ICELAND ORKLJEYvó $299 US plus 25% tax from Icelandair with the purchase of an air ticket. You can get to know the people by staying on a farm. More than 100 farms offer accommodation. Prices range from about $40 US a night per person for bed and break- fast to $580 a week for a six-person cottage with kitchen. Minnist BETEJ í ERFÐASKRÁM YÐAR THE1 FAI 01= IRE ■Al Join ... Icelandic^® Canadiarí Frón Send membership fee of $25.00 single or $35.00 family (includes membership in the Scandinavian Centre) to: lcelandic Canadian Frón 764 Erin St., Winnipeg, MB R3G 2W4 Telephone: 774-8047 wmm Vt' NÐa Jhe very center of the woríHl) O Your European holiday, centered around breathtakingly beautiful lceland, not only puts you in the very heart of things but saves you a nice bit of change, too. • Bargain stopover tours of teelahd. • Eurobargain and Super 8ar gatn faros on direct flights from New York and Orlando, Fla. to Luxembourg. • Low cost round trip service to Paris. Frankfurt, London ynd Stockholm, Copenhagen, Osto, Helsinki, öothertburg, Bergen. ICELANDAIR THE ORlCtNAL U)W COST AIRUW TO EUROPE , CALL YOUR TRAVEL AOÉNT OR JCEtANDAiR 1800 22^6600 • Super Saver car rentels in Luxembourg. • FREE bus service from Lux- embourg to cities tn Germany. • Reduced train fares to Switzertend and France.

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