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Published: June 15th 2011
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1. Hottest and coldest – snow mountains and glacier VS geiser
Iceland is an amazing place that you can find the mountains covered with snow for tens of thousands years + the boiling water from the geisers in this small country!
Even the tape water is from the snow mountains, the nearly the purest water in the world! The taste of the water is a bit wired (sulphur flavour), though, the rich natural mineral is great for our health!!
Reminder: NEVER buy bottle distilled water in Iceland as it'll be too stupid to do so!
2. A place for Nothern-Polar Light
Seeing Nothern-Polar Light is one of the MUST DO things in life time! I'm overwhelmed when I was so lucky to have seen it twice!
The area I stayed was not in the capital, though, it's not a spot for polar light either. Therefore, I did not expect to view it in the dark, clear night. It was only my friend told me to look into the sky and see it, the first time. A tiny and weak one that I would have not noticed it if no one told me it's the Polar Light!
For the
second time, I was having insomnia because of the full moon festival, feeling home-sick, then I thought about Northen-Polar Light and decided to go out and try my luck.
I sat on the grassland outside my friend's house and stared at the sky..... and found it out, an even stronger and clearer one compared with last time! The blue-green light brightened up the sky and I felt peaceful and amazed when watching it. A unique experience to have such close awareness of the magnetic field and it's like the magic - nature's magic! It kept moving slowly, unpredictably, beautifully..... like life!
No regret even I need to be die the next moment, after viewing it..... life's beautiful!
3. Riding Icelandic pony into the snow land
See my smiley face and you'll know how happy I was when!
"Icelandic horse was originally brought ot Iceland in the 9th century by Norwegian settlers. It played an integral part in Norse mythology and the Icelandic Sagas. The breed has remained pure and disease-free since settlement due first to isolation and later to laws prohibiting livestock import and cross-http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1477489767bredding. The horse sports five different gaits: walk, trot, canter, pace and the famous
tolt" ~ source from the postcard
4. Icelandic beer Malt – the honey like beer
Smooth and sweet! The best beer for me, though I also like Guinness~ 😊
5. The best piano recital CD for me: “Dusk” by an Icelandic pianist, Gunnar Gunnarson
It's been my best choice for piano collection, though I like Lizt, Beethoven and Chopin a lot~~ The sad and melancholic feeling presented by the pianist suits best for the unpredictable weather in Iceland. The rain, the total darkness without sunlight in the winter.... Solely for the melancholic Iceland~~~
6. A place of muse – artist everywhere!
I hung out and met artists almost everywhere! In a small cafe, I met 2 - a composer and an installation artist; then I knew some more musician through the introduction of the composer, and was soooo lucky enough to see and touch the Stradivarius's violins made in 1732!!!!
7. The roundest full moon in my life in Mid-Autumn Festival
The moonlight shined too brightly that I couldn't fall asleep... I went out for the polar light and walked for nearly 10km in the early morning in the temperature of 6-7C and the trip inspired
me for the my song - a good source of muse~~~~
Admire my song “mid autumn moonlight” from the link below:
http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/574944883oFIIdd
8. Blueburries everywhere – free to eat!!
9. Icelandic currency – with fish on the coins!
10. It's safe!!! People are soooo friendly!!!! 😉
I travelled alone, walked in the dark in the wild alone and I was safe! I was lucky enough to have met many nice people to show me around or gave me unforgettable memories, eg the ladies, Ping Bei, from Shanghai I met and then invited me to her place for celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, with home made moon cake!!!!
一. 最冷與最熱
積雪過千年的冰山 vs 噴射過沸點泉水的間歇泉(geiser),集冷、熱兩極於一地,不愧有「冰火之國」的尊稱
噢,差點忘了,冰島全國的自來水,都是從這許許多多的千年雪山溶解而來的,雖帶點硫磺的奇怪味道,但絕對健康、純淨,充滿天然的礦物質!
切記:要不是閣下的身體或腦袋有問題,千萬別在冰島購買樽裝蒸溜水,因為即使在洗手間內的自來水比它還有益健康,而且是免費的啊!
短片可見於此(Please view the video of geiser here): http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=138124672713)
二、 北極光
我見到的北極光,並非明信片的那樣:五彩繽紛的光雲遮蔽了大半邊天;它,是小小的一片靛藍色光團,不霸道、不張狂,只不徐不疾地轉變、幻化,像一股神秘的力量亳不畏縮的在與黑暗抗衡、在向我展示它的奇妙,然而,它又婉約如一位文靜優雅的女孩在漆黑中緩緩的舞動--如斯瑰麗,又如斯神秘,讓我真真切切的體會到深不可測的宇宙的寧靜的一面...
人生能賞一趟極光,死而無憾矣!
(後記:自那天開始,我亦展開了數個「照無眠」的晚上--是極光賦予我無需睡眠的神奇力量?!哈,我喜歡這解釋!)
(註1:由於在下所用的是基本小巧的數碼相機,未有相片提供,只能以文字描述。)
(註2:要在秋、冬兩季,天朗氣清的郊外晚上,還須加上點運氣才可看到。)
三、 雪地策騎冰島馬
愛馬的我,豈能不為此經驗心醉?! 不用多說,看片吧!
"Icelandic horse was originally brought ot Iceland in the 9th century by Norwegian settlers. It played an integral part in Norse mythology and the Icelandic Sagas. The breed has remained pure and disease-free since settlement due first to isolation and later to laws prohibiting livestock import and cross-http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1477489767bredding. The horse sports five different gaits: walk, trot, canter, pace
and the famous tolt" ~ source from the postcard
四、 冰島特產啤酒Malt – 如蜜餞般甜美的啤酒
我並大喜愛喝啤酒──這是在我嚐Malt以前的說法!
現在的我,已愛上了Malt──能說我愛上了啤酒嗎?
不知如何論述...就是愛上了它的獨特、罕有和甜美!
有機會一嚐,你(尤指不大喜愛啤酒的女士們),即會明白!
五、 冰島鋼琴家Gunnar Gunnarson的專輯”Dusk”
思明知道我的音樂喜好,特地推介了這唱片給我,自此我對它愛不釋手!
高雅潔淨,又帶點孤寂淒美的旋律,正與冰島變幻多變,陰霾多於晴朗的天氣配合得天衣無縫──安坐「家」中一邊聽著這專輯,一邊觀賞窗外風雨飄搖的景象,足不出戶已是一種享受!
六、 地靈人傑──到處都是藝術家 (A place of muse – artist everywhere!)
冰島藝術家的人口百分比是全球之冠,聽來似只是個數字遊戲──可能冰島的總人口跟本不多...?然而,我獨坐咖啡室café aroma的一天,在新認識的三位朋友當中,其中兩位就是藝術家了!
作曲家Hjortur,為冰島電影配樂和任教音樂;裝置/雕塑藝術家Alice,是位移居冰島五年多的加拿大藉創作人,除了在工作室創作以外,她在日間也兼職作café aroma的女侍應,在冰島市內很容易找到她的傑作。
此外,流行文化,尤其是流行音樂在冰島也大行其道:思明的好友benny就是專業的唱片騎師,他除了為的士高、派對主理音樂以外,他也為興趣在電台義務作唱片騎師
七、 中秋圓月──我的靈感泉源
對中秋節情有獨鍾的我,在「但願人長久,千里共嬋娟」的魔咒下,揮之不去的思鄉情懷是激發創作的一個主因;另一外在的因素是:身處冰島這像偏離俗世的獨特地理環境,實有點像被放逐了的感覺,加上陰晴不定的天氣,即成創作催化劑。
冰島作品繼有 1) 《水調歌頭》之現代冰島版 – 《追月照無眠》及 2) 我的舊譜;我的新詞 – My song “mid autumn moonlight”, link below:
http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/574944883oFIIdd
八、 遍地野藍莓
不只在香港,就是在歐洲其他國家,藍莓也不算是便宜的水果之一;但在冰島,居然是免費的!
在郊外,除了有漫山遍野的藻,還有四處可見的野生藍莓(要細心的看,且須在適當的季節),即摘即食!酷!
九、 冰島貨幣
外觀:硬幣上的魚兒圖案,(聞說)是天下獨有的...
價值:(貶值後的)冰島幣是所有遊客的喜訊!據的士司機說,在此購買「妮維亞」品牌的產品,居然比它的原產地德國還要便宜!
用處:只供觀賞和收藏,因實際用途不大--出門只須帶信用咭!(除了公共汽車不能以信用咭付款以外,其他任何的金錢交易也歡迎信用咭,包括價值十多元港幣的巧克力也行,絕無白眼!)
十、 見得到,就去得到──絕對安全!
想知詳情,問我吧....因寫的已很多了.....
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