Coming Home
I’m sad to be returning. I met some really great people on this trip that I hope become life-long friends. Anna, Tai, Kate & Kristin-I couldn’t have asked for better company! All of you inspired me in one way or another. Thank-you!
Our Icelandic classmates; Hilda, Agnes, & Hannah: These women met us out after school and extended much Icelandic hospitality (sometimes in the form of Brennivin). They are wise and interesting women who do not know which hand you wear your wedding ring on in Iceland. I found that refreshing! We all dispelled myths-like Americans get engaged and get married always in one year. Icelandic women do not have to give up their names; both parties simply keep the names of their fathers.
Funny how much you can have in common.
Lastly, do not underestimate the value of the Icelandic Krona. Scarves marked 23.000 Krona = $310.00 US dollars. The upside is that such a scarf matches everything, and can be worn in any climate under any circumstances. I hope to give birth in it, get married in it (as a 4 in 1: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue) and also be buried in it some day…….it’s worth it’s weight in gold- urrh; KRONA.
Jamie Sweet
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