Halgrimskirkja

Iceland and Greenland

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August 12th 2007
As some of you probably figured out, Travelblog was down for almost the entire time I was in Iceland. All my entries were lost, though some have since been recovered. Now I am in Greeland, with only rare access to the internet and no ability to upload photos. So I am pasting a few blurbs for entries I had intended to post about Iceland. I will write about Greenland after I return stateside (fo ... read more

Europe » Iceland

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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland ... ... read more