Moving to Iceland, Looking for Someone Who Lives There

3/25/13 | self

[sigmashooter]

Hey, I was at Keflavik NAS 89-90 (USAF).

If you’re moving there I hope you have lots of money. It’s a quite expensive place to live.

[Revolting cat!]

Here's a picture I took in Iceland during last winter.

[Carriage Hill]

I’d recommend some warm “snuggies”, instead of speedos. And a real USAF Parka, if you can find a nice US Surplus unit.

[Carriage Hill]

PASS on that stuff.

[Ditter]

I am still trying to pronounce the name of the volcano that erupted there a couple of years ago. Oh yeah, watch out for volcanos.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Per Anthony Bourdain avoid the Hákarl .

Hákarl is traditionally prepared by gutting and beheading a Greenland or basking shark and placing it in a shallow hole dug in gravelly sand, with the now-cleaned cavity resting on a slight hill. The shark is then covered with sand and gravel, and stones are then placed on top of the sand in order to press the shark. The fluids from the shark are in this way pressed out of the body. The shark ferments in this fashion for 6–12 weeks depending on the season.

Following this curing period, the shark is then cut into strips and hung to dry for several months. During this drying period a brown crust will develop, which is removed prior to cutting the shark into small pieces and serving. The modern method is just to press the shark's meat in a large drained plastic container.

[Clint N. Suhks]

See my #66.

[Ciexyz]

I had a colleague who had ties to family in Iceland and she and her husband tooks the kids back every year to keep in touch with extended family there. The people are very family-oriented. I don’t remember her complaining about high prices or anything negative. Their home base in the US was Iowa which has pretty cold winters so they’re used to a cold climate.

[Revolting cat!]

Despite the harsh sub-Arctic climate there, Icelandic women are said to be easy and (WARNING: ADULTS ONLY!) HOT!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Sounds very...egalitarian!

[Ken522]

Thanks for the warning - eck!

[expat1000]

OMG

[EEGator]

Good stuff...

[Orange1998]

Hey that is not fair! Makes me want to visit Iceland right away.

[SgtHooper]

It’ll take alot of “professional” tutoring by a sweet young local, I am sure. Just do the best you can!

[Rebelbase]

You are evil.

[Revolting cat!]

You are evil.

Maybe. But I am Saved!

[Windflier]

...take your speedo’s.

Death to all misplaced apostrophes!!

[tanuki]

That was as bad as the fermented shark.

[Carriage Hill]

No wonder their language is so difficult to learn. The vocal chords must be damaged after eating that stuff.