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Monthly Archives: June 2009

We think this might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Become our friend on Facebook and we might just fly you to Iceland for free. Like everyone and their grandmother we’ve been on Facebook for ages — our Icelandic page now has about 9,000 fans. (Yeah okay, it doesn’t sound like much but given the population of Iceland it’s the equivalent of JetBlue having 9 [...]

Cultural Learnings of Iceland, Part 5: The Blue Ópal

Rarer than a disco remix by Sigur Rós, the Blue Ópal is an Icelandic candy that is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. Along with its Red and Green cousins, the Blue Ópal was born in 1950, when its producer, Nói Sirius, got some fancy [...]