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September 03, 2004
Icelandair
I'm in Iceland! Just stopping here for 2 hours before I fly to Glasgow. The Icelandish women are very beautiful. All of our flight attendants are tall, thin blonds. It is a strange language and strange to see it everywhere around me.
Now some useless info on Iceland.
Iceland is almost at the arctic circle. The capitol Reykjavik, is probably somewhere between 65 and 68 degrees latitude. Iceland has under 280,000 people, most of which live in the 2 major cities. It was originally settled by norwegian vikings and the language is still similar to its viking predecessor. 90 percent of Icelanders are a member of the National Church of Iceland which is Lutheran. It boasts one of the first republican governments, which lasted from 930 AD to 1262 when it lost its independence. Iceland gained its its independence again in 1918.
Icelanders live for a long time, thanks in part to their good national health care system (plug). Women live to 81.3 and 76.4 for men. Per capita income is high as well.
All of this comes from the brochure stuffed in the pocket of the seat in front of me. I, for one, have no reason to doubt any of it... it sounds like a lovely place.
Posted by wonko at September 3, 2004 10:01 AM
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Don't forget Bjørk!
Posted by: gefilte at September 3, 2004 12:42 PM
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