Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for September 18, 2009

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    Allen Rymer  about 15 years ago

    He must be brilliant if he can pass off a thesis by that name

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    DoraDingle  about 15 years ago

    For those of you who do know, Revkjavik is the capital of Iceland.

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member about 15 years ago

    haha, why not? (I live in Reykjavík fyi). If he studied here then np :D

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    carmy  about 15 years ago

    He must have paid someone to write his thesis.

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    maybeinthenextworld  about 15 years ago

    John Irving had a character who specialized in Icelandic literature.

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    MisngNOLA  about 15 years ago

    Dora, for those who don’t know, what is the capital of Iceland? :)

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    alondra  about 15 years ago

    What’s wrong with writing about Iceland? Is it a boring country? I think it would be lovely in summer.

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    bald  about 15 years ago

    now for the big question adam, what is your name??

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    ColoradoRider  about 15 years ago

    I thought the capital of Iceland was the krona….

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago

    hildigunnur, is there any literature coming out of Iceland worth reading (in translation) these days? I’m always on the lookout for that sort of thing, but unless someone wins the Nobel for Literature, it’s tough to hear about it.

    Iceland has long been one of my fantasy “running away” destinations, but unfortunately I don’t eat fish. The same thing has kept me from New Orleans…

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    hendelca Premium Member about 15 years ago

    @fritzoid Don’t worry about not eating fish - Iceland has very thriving lamb and beef industries too. The best hambugers and hot dogs I have ever tasted were the ones I purchased from vendors in downtown Reykjavik.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Is it still true that the Reykjavik telephone directory lists people alphabetically by their first names?

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    Ushindi  about 15 years ago

    That’s cheating, MisngNOLA, I was going to say that.

    (Great minds think alike, as they say)

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Fritzoid, yep (about the phone book) and that’s not about to change. Literature - hmm let me check - there are some thrillers and such being translated if you want, Arnaldur Indriðason, and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir have English translations, the more “serious” authors tend to be translated to German rather than English. I found one book by Sjón on Amazon but haven’t read it myself. Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson has also had some books translated, I think. Hallgrímur Helgason’s quite good, too and has at least one book in English.

    And don’t worry about only having to eat fish here, like Hendelca says we have all sorts of food + some excellent ethnic restaurants and everything ;)

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    MisngNOLA  about 15 years ago

    Fritzoid, by all means, go to New Orleans even if you don’t like fish. There are many wonderful restaurant which cook all sorts of non-sea creatures. Ruth’s Chris Steak House was started in Greater New Orleans for example (even though they’re not one of the best places in the city), and the Brennan family has many decent restaurants which serve all manner of entrees from beef dishes, pork, lamb, fowl, and even vegetarian fare. Chef Emeril Lagasse has Delmonico’s Steak House and several other restaurants, and Paul Prudhomme is another noted chef. If your tastes run a little cheaper, there are even such wonderful neighborhood places as Port O’Call, Lil’ DIzzy’s, Mother’s, and literally hundreds of other great places to eat not involving seafood.

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