This is my 200th published post on 80couches.com! When I started this blog five years ago prior to my move to Korea, I had no idea where my random brain-droppings would take me, or where I would take myself. Since…
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Tag: Iceland
This Island Earth
Some mornings, when the air is particularly clear, or the sunrises particularly grand, I take a brief moment to reflect on the grandeur of mere existence. I don’t do it enough, but how could I possibly give All of Existence its due credit…
Quirky Iceland
There’s something fundamentally different about the way Vikings see the world. The Nordic people always rank among the happiest in the world, all landing squarely in the Top Ten in last year’s index, with Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark coming…
Iceland: The “Ice” Part
For a country that prides itself on fire and ice, there is certainly a great deal more of the latter at any given moment, than the former. Sure, there are upwards of 130 volcanoes in Iceland, and a great deal…
Iceland Preview
When the time came to finally decide how to best use our remaining vacation time in November, Iceland wasn’t really anywhere on our radar. The criteria were: 1) Somewhere we’ve never been, and 2) Somewhere warm. Imagine our surprise as…