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Close to 4 years ago, they started building a big steel wall in a part of the old harbor here in Reykajvik


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and since I've been receiving inquiries, I'm fine, just fine. The volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull (Eyjafjalla Glacier) is over a 100 km (60 miles) away, and pretty much leaves us here in Reykjavik unaffected - well, unless we might want to take a plane somewhere. ;-)


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and happen to be visiting Snæfellsnes (where my beloved Snæfellsjökull (glacier)) is situated, I highly recommend staying at Hótel Búðir:


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Uh, hi, long time, no see, and all that. It certainly has been a while, eh? ;-)


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I got nothing new, no photos and no new developments - at least none positive, except that my ceiling finally stopped leaking some time last Saturday morning. That in itself is a "woohoo!" worthy thing, but on the negative side, my insurance company investigator still hasn't shown up to estimate damages, let alone repair anything ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning, I woke up to an insistent "plop-plop-plop" sound. At 5 a.m. Something, somewhere above my apartment had definitely sprung a leak. Most of the water leaking seemed to flow through the box around my electricity fuse box, so I was understandably quite upset ( Read more... )