Yes I’m still talking about Iceland.\u00a0 \u00a0No, I don’t care if you are sick of me talking about Iceland<\/p>\n
This week I’m sharing a few of the most surprising things about Iceland I learned while I was there.<\/p>\n
#1 There was no Diet Mountain Dew (or regular Dew for that matter) anywhere.\u00a0 \u00a0Pepsi Max (i.e. Pepsi Zero) was everywhere, but Mountain Dew was completely MIA.\u00a0 \u00a0Since approximately 15% of my body weight is probably Diet Dew this was disappointing.<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 It rains a LOT.\u00a0 \u00a0But most days it was only for a short time- the weather changes there perhaps even more often than it does in the Midwest.\u00a0 In fact, they have the same saying there- If you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes!<\/p>\n
#3 Pedestrians do NOT have the right of way.\u00a0 \u00a0 On top of looking both ways for cars you need to look out for bikes and scooters.\u00a0 \u00a0I can’t tell you how many times I almost got taken out by one of them.<\/p>\n
#4 Icelanders hate Trump.\u00a0 This isn’t surprising, but I was surprised how unapologetic they were about it.\u00a0 No one asked what I thought about him first.<\/p>\n
#5 Iceland has weird Christmas traditions.\u00a0 They have 13 Yule elves- many of who have weird quicks like stealing sausages or window peeping but do leave gifts in your shoes- and a cat that eats people who don’t get new clothes.\u00a0 \u00a0Also, naughty kids don’t get coal in their shoes- they get potatoes.<\/p>\n
It’s possible next week I will actually write about something else.\u00a0 But no promises.<\/p>\n
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