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Eyjafjallajokull – what a word! The volcano in Iceland that has us all just calling it “THE volcano”.   I wonder if the people of Iceland are laughing at our attempts to pronounce it. They Have to be, especially when you consider that we’re laughing at ourselves!  I’ve been following the news of this volcano and it has renewed my interest of all things Scandinavia.

I had a friend back in the early 90’s that was from Iceland.  Her name was Sigurbjörg (spelling may be wrong).  She was a tall, slender and beautiful red headed girl.  I remember her telling me she wanted to live in the United States because “Iceland this big (holding her fingers about 2 inches apart) and Sigurbjörg THIS BIG (holding her arms apart)”. I felt really bad when she was denied her Student Visa and was sent back to Iceland.    We just don’t seem to keep the right people sometimes!  Well, I guess to be fair, she wasn’t approved her student visa because she wasn’t a student any longer.

The volcano has renewed my interest exponentially.  I’ve found myself again, scouring the online newspapers and reading them from Iceland, Denmark and Sweden (in English!).  I’m 100% Scandinavian of descent myself (more Swedish than anything) complete with the blond hair, although I missed out on the blue eyes and have brown eyes instead.   I have always wanted to go there and have wanted to learn how to speak Swedish.   In fact, I’ve had this on my Amazon Wish List since 2001!  No way would I want cassette tapes anymore!  LOL

And then there’s Alexandar Skarsgard……. 

Jag vill tala svenska

Jag vill åka till Sverige