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davidcyclebackMy current claim to fame with the big financial dire straights Iceland is in is I as in Iceland when I was a kid. The most geographically exotic place I've been too, with glaciers, ancient lava and moss landscapes, geyser, hot springs, etc. Some places resembled a foreign planet rather than a foreign country. Plus, they are a tiny island of Norwegian-ethnics that was generally isolated for centuries from other countries, and the people today speak an ancient Norwegian Viking language. This is fascinating to people interested in Ancient Scandinavian and Viking history and literature, as the Icelanders in essence speak a lost ancient language.
Icelandic field of moss covered lava