Friday, April 16, 2021

Iceland

Our Iceland call was with Hilja Guomundsdottir. Iceland has been relatively lucky to not be hit very hard with COVID-19 as they've been going to school without masks or distancing. Luckily, there weren't many shortages in supplies, but Hilja also says that they did face a brief shortage of hair dye due to hair salons closing. The big news in Iceland at the moment is a volcanic erruption currently happening, which is also causing a bit of gas pollution and risk of gas deseases. Hilja says, in way the volcanic erruption is affecting them more than COVID. There are also earthquakes and tremors happening. The erruption is pretty close to the capital so many people choose to get closer to see the erruption in action. The last erruption was in 2013. The houses there are built for the cold and built to withstand earthquakes. Cold is a very regular thing and Icelandic people handle it quite well. No wind is also considered to be good weather. There are many unique Icelandic traditional cuisines including blood pudding, lamb, and foal's meat. Hilja says that the one thing you must see in Iceland is a volcanic erruption, and you coud also see the northern lights to experience nature in it's purest form. Popular sports in Iceland include soccer and handball, and of course a bit of skiing in the winter time. According to Hilja, most people in Iceland speak English, ans as far as television and music, Icelandic modern culture is quite similar to America. One ppular Icelandic rock band is Kaleo.

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