Reykjavík Grapevine - 23.05.2008, Page 32

We need to know where
these people are coming
from. We had to learn it
from the media that these
were single mothers from
Iraq.
Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson is not so sure
about refugees.
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Considering that it rains
quite frequently in Iceland,
I was surprised to see that
no one really uses umbrel-
las here. I learnt very
quickly however the reason
for this. How silly of me to
actually think that rain falls
from above!
Iris Goemans moved from Australia to
Iceland.
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“The damn thing isn’t
ready yet, I don’t think
we’ll finish in time,” she
says. “I had to throw a little
tantrum this morning just
to get things going.”
Martha Schwartz tries to get the locals to
put on an exhibition.
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Iceland is a small, young
nation that lives with a
climate that isn’t exactly
suitable for a game played
on grass and in shorts (why
we also suck at hockey is a
true mystery though).
Premier league football has kicked off.
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In a previous article in The
Baltic States City Paper, it
was suggested that as Ice-
landers were known to be
melancholy, vodka drink-
ing techno-geeks with a
love of nature poetry, per-
haps it would only be right
that they be confused with
Estonians.
Valur Gunnarsson muses on the similarities
between Iceland and Estonia.
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When my masseuse, Maria,
arrived and explained that
we would each be receiving
a 30 minute in-water re-
laxation massage, my first
concern was how on earth
she was going to go about
massaging me, presumably
without me having to get
naked.
Zoë Robert visited the Blue Lagoon.
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