Author Archives: beverleya1987

“You’re staying vegan out in Iceland?” a friend asked quizzically, when I explained I was moving there. “Yes.” “The place where they eat puffin, and like, sheep’s head?!” “Well that’s not really typical fare for most Icelanders on a day to day basis, but yes, I’m moving to a place where the typical diet isContinue reading “Is it possible to be vegan in Iceland?”

The Iceland Phallological Museum Yes we have a museum here dedicated to penises. No I’ve never been. Yes I giggle whenever I have to walk past it.  When I ran a virtual pub quiz for the ‘British and Living in Iceland’ group last week my first question in my Iceland trivia round was “How manyContinue reading “3 of the most weird and wonderful museums in Iceland”

Ugh. I really didn’t want to have to do two blog posts in a row on COVID. Unfortunately it’s kind of on my mind a lot at the moment since I spent most of Sunday in a decongestant imposed stupor, having a 6 inch COVID testing swab shoved up my nose and down my throat.Continue reading “Iceland’s COVID strategy – how and why are we getting it so right?”

On being a newly arrived immigrant in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak Things were going so well. I had arrived in Iceland, and while I was initially a bit homesick, things were good. I was finding my feet – I met up with another recently arrived immigrant for coffee, I found a yoga classContinue reading “Isolation in Iceland”

So I’m keeping a blog to document my time in Iceland – starting with my struggle for residency – and my rather accidental proposal to John (don’t worry – we’re not engaged, no one has missed anything!) The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of packing, working out my notice, John already havingContinue reading “Residency woes, accidental proposals and residency success!”