Friday, 8 February 2013

Strangers in Iceland



I'm currently reading Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland, and it's making me wish I could go back as soon as possible to better appreciate the place. I visited Iceland in February, 2005, and hadn't read anything about the country prior to my visit - which I now regret. It feels rather like I didn't appreciate Iceland as much as I could have. Maybe it's because I didn't have the opportunity to experience the two things I was focused on: husky sledding, and seeing the Aurora Borealis. We missed out on the former in favour of hiring out a car, and the latter because of cloud. Still, I really loved Iceland, and the book inspired me to look through my old photographs. It seems I never shared the image above before, and I can't figure out why not, because I love it at the moment. It was taken using a disposable camera, and maybe I felt it wasn't as good as my digital photographs at the time. I seem to have a bad habit of dismissing photographs, and then coming back to them years later and seeing them in a different, and more favourable, light. Anyway, I highly recommend the book!

8 comments:

  1. I've just added that book to my wishlist - I guess it will give me major Iceland-wanderlust. I'd love to see the Aurora Borealis someday...

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  2. Would love to go to Iceland - I'll have to get hold of that book

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  3. I've been dying to go to Iceland for a while now, it's just so filled with all kinds of natural beauty. Definitely adding that to my reading list.

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  4. Thats a really good photograph.

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  5. I feel exactly the same way about Iceland, I went for that music festival they have every year and had no idea about anything else, and I feel like I didn't appreciate it at all. Also I think its cheaper now!

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  6. it's easy to dismiss but that would be daft, they're still all quality times. Never been, never been even close. it's one of the really special looking places

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  7. Super jealous that you have been to Iceland!

    I recently read another book by this author & enjoyed it, I'm definitely going to check out this one too.

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  8. Sounds like a great book. I had a wonderful trip to Iceland 5 yrs ago and would love to return.

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