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I wouldn't mind more of such insights. I really enjoyed it! We have a similar one in German for the "Which model are you?". We say "Which 'manufacturing year (Baujahr) are you?". Normally, the word 'Baujahr' is used for cars.😊

I like language videos! Very interesting. Thank you, Lauren!

Here is an insight into "Áfram með sjörið". In the old days, butter was made in butter cylinders, and someone had to work the piston. This was a hard job, most likely done by a child. I´m old enough to have done this myself. So this simply means, get on with it.

You didn't really explain what "Ég kem af fjöllum" means. It means that you don´t know what is being discussed. It is as if you have been isolated in the mountains for a long time.

i'm an icelander who left 13 years ago, due to the financial situation. living in iceland just wasn't viable. however things have changed now, and i'm wildly homesick. i miss my culture so much, and my grandparents are getting older, and i'd hate to miss out on more time with them than i already have, so i'm seriously considering moving back when i can.

This book was not written by Bram Stoker. It was loosely based on Dracula, but it's a different story and a bad one. The translator basically wrote another book, a poor imitation of the original. I will never be convinced that Bram Stoker approved of it, it is so awful! The writing is atrocious and the plot is even worse. Dracula is supposed to be a refined and powerful vampire, not a dandified dirty old man. He is not scary at all, he is just a disgusting fetishist. Nothing of the fascinating Count is left and where the heck is Jonathan Harker? Who's this Thomas person? If this had been the original book, then Dracula wouldn't be a classic, but just another trashy novel.

Looks like you were in what is usually described as an accessible room (or that had facilities for disabled visitors) and as another commenter said the peephole would probably be for wheelchair users. Being vegetarian myself I share your dilemma over attending functions and lack of options available, I too am not a fan of eggs but will eat and omelette as long as it's well cooked and has something such as cheese, mushrooms, vegetables etc to distract me from the egg.

Very interesting, thank you for sharing!

Wheelchair peephole. You were in a handicapped accessible room

You did the best Decision relocating 🗺️ to Iceland 🏔️ UK has it's Karma ❤️‍🩹

Hi Lauren, can you recommend a brand?

I've not long since watched your video on the Skyrland museum and then this little live popped up.

Thank you Lauren, it sounds like a lovely museum and I enjoyed listening and learning about the history of Skyrland too. Sometimes we avoid things that are right on our doorstep for no particular reason, so I'm glad you gave it a go, enjoyed it and are now able to share it with others. By the way love your make up and glasses which really suit you. 👍

Líka fyrir Íslendinga ?

Thanks for sharing about this museum. I’m visiting Iceland at the end of February and staying a night in Selfoss. Hopefully I will have time to visit. Iceland is my favourite country, you’re so lucky to be able to live there. I’m from the U.K and it’s virtually impossible to immigrate to there now 😢

Good luck darling

Great video thanks for the in-depth explanation it’s been on my list and I will definitely buy it now. What is the name of the publisher for that stunning hardcover or Dracula you have and is another of the stories in it called ‘Dracula’s Guest”? Thank you

Icelands biggest export has been and is people. They liked Canada and crossed back and forth from Canada to the US and back.

Your hair likely got darker because of lack of sun. Look up "photo bleaching." The sun's UV rays can break down the melanin pigment in hair. 😊

It was thought at one time in most of Europe that mental illnesses could sometimes be traced to the conception, if syphilis (or a similar STD) was transmitted at the same time. It's an interesting possibility as vampire stories are often interpreted as being about sexually transmitted diseases: there's the penetration, though usually of the neck, a transfer of bodily fluids, the infection being carried in the blood, a craving for more blood (which is supposed to represent a hightened sexual appetite and a descent into depravity), further spreading the disease and causing more victims to fall into the same state of depravity. Whether or not you or I see the stories in the same light doesn't matter. I'm just pointing out that some others do and it might be a nice tie-in to the idea of the main vampire, Dracula's niece, being the daughter of a promiscuous father. I guess it will remain as conjecture, though. I really enjoyed the video. Thanks a lot.

Just what I needed to push past my learning plateau! Thanks for posting this!

Happy New Year, Lauren!

Wishing you the best for the New Year. 🎉🎉

On behalf of everyone in Canada and the USA..we are so jealous of u...why not do a video of why is it so damn hard for us to get work visas and citizenship in that beautiful country 😢

happy new year loppylove

I’m more than willing to exchange with any Icelander who wants to live in the UK it’s 2 bed ground floor flat, fully air conditioned and a small garden 👍🏻 hit me up xx

Most certainly a beautiful spot ❤

Beautiful! And the lights in the trees! I wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

Its cold, isolating, nothing to do, far away from all the fun festivals that happen in Europe. Cant take train or drive to other countries like if you lived in Europe to do spontaneous things. Nore do you get to know interesting people from different countries. Housing market and loan pretty ridiculous, bad transportation. Not diverse carrier opportunities nor educational opportunities, that why students prefer to live in other Nordic countries. Dating market sucks and if you lived in Europe you get a bigger pool people to know specially because you can take trains or drive to the country next to yours.

Hi Lauren! How lovely! Thank you for sharing.

Lmao. They are fckin tricky questions in exam. Have failed more than 4 times, because of poor translation from Icelandic to English...

Fantastic! Congratulations, Lauren! The pieces are beautiful.

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Nice to hear from someone who has moved to Iceland then back to their home town , a really good point of view !

Gl!!!

The prices are getting ridiculous all over europe. In Italy we are experiencing the SAME salary in the past at least 20 years, but the prices are weirdly increasing every year. The prices of electricity is completely outrageous and a single person can't cope with the cost of life. Be very very cautious if you think to go abroad and leave Iceland.

I read this last year and it's pretty good at first, but then it just turns into a summary. In that respect, it reminded me of the Turkish Dracula adaptation. But to be fair, the best parts of Stoker's book are definitely the opening act in Transylvania.

Hi! Could i contact you in private? By telegram or e mail? I have some questions about Iceland since i am planning to move there. I'm from Italy

Another pleasant and informative interview. Thank you. Have you decided not to have each interviewee leave a question for the next person, or is that maybe just done offline?

Each time I plan a trip to Iceland some big problem arises. Iceland therefore doesn't exist.

Iceland is definitely never going to be the country for me. Thank you for this information.

You may be interested in The Undead by Joel H Emerson who edited the original Dracula with four original characters that were omitted from the finished version, Kate Reed, Detective Cotford, artist Francis Aytown and reporter and occult investigator Alfred Singleton, which I found very interesting.

So helpful. I am finishing Icelandic 4 and I am super nervous in anticipation of my exam. Listening to you made me more at ease, because I could imagine going through the test and how everything will look like. Thanks for posting this video!

I think of food as an expensive souvenir in Iceland.

Nice! thane thanks!

You would be worth crossing oceans of time for... skol.

As promised (reposted from an other channel): If you have read Dracula by Bram Stoker, I would suggest that you check out the newly discovered swedish version, published as a serial in Sweden in 1899-1900. It's an interesting read, and differs a lot from the traditional Stoker's version. In 2017 a version of Dracula, Makt myrkranna / Powers of Darkness : Lost Version of Dracula was discovered in Iceland (published 1900-1901). It was much shorter than Stoker's. Swedish publisher Rickard Berghorn recognized the title, and decided to do some serious research about it. He met with success. It turned out that in 1899-1900 there was published (in swedish) a serial, Mörkrets makter (Powers of Darkness), which was almost twice as long as the 1897 Stoker's Dracula. This was all in all a novel in its own right, with Count Draculitz scheming to take over the world. The novel differs a lot from the Stoker version. Who is responsible for that version/translation is still much of an open question, as far as I understand. The title was known since earlier, but to react to it, find the text, and show that it was so big, and so different, was a great scoop for Mr Berghorn and his friends. The book is published in swedish through Mr Berghorn's imprint Aleph Bokförlag, and in english through his imprint Timaios Press. [This english translation is also published by Centipede Press, in August 2022.)] cheers / CS