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Dansfélagið Vefarinn NÚ VEFUM VIÐ MJÚKA, OG DÝRINDIS DÚKA The Vefarinn Folk Dance group from Akureyri was formed in 2004. This performance in Gimli Manitoba Canada was their…
Gimli Manitoba Fris-Nok (that Gimli game with the frisbee and the beer bottles) Gimli Beach Time Tom Jackson concert The Alternative Folk Festival Lights of the Night Carnival…
Gimli Manitoba Flag raising at Ray and Alma Sigurdson’s The Viking Village; http://www.vikingscanada.org/ The Fine Arts Display Cultural & Heritage Pavillion …
Gimli Manitoba MTS Viking Village vikingscanada.org vinlandvikings.org vikingsonline.org.uk fjellborg.org I was told that this Viking Camp is the largest in all of Canada and possibly all of…
Gimli Manitoba Canada The Pancake Breakfast at the New Horizons Centre. Pole Vaulting. Shot Put. Beach VolleyBall. Sandcastle Building contest. …
Leif Norman has been the official photographer for the Manitoba Icelandic Festival since 2010; so, that’s two years. Gimli Manitoba Canada Leif’s photo from last year’s Parade was…
“The Jόn Sigurdsson statue in Winnipeg will be the place to be on June 17th! Besides celebrating Iceland’s Independence, Icelanders worldwide will recognize the 200th anniversary of Jόn…
Casey and I were tired and did not hike all the way up to the Hengifoss. Litlanesfoss was far enough. …
“Námaskarð, Mine Pass, lies between Námafjall and Dalfjall and east of Námafjall is a myriad of hot mud springs in widely different colours, this place is called Hverarönd, Hot…
Akureyri to Lake Myvatn, with Dimmuborgur and the steaming fumaroles and mud pools of Namaskard on the way. “The Goðafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods or waterfall of the goði) is one of…
Laugarbakki to Akureyri. The Icelandic Horse farm at Gauksmyri was wonderful! “Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland….
http://www.gauksmyri.com “On Vatnsnes in Húnafjörður in North-Iceland is an awesome rock-formation called Hvítserkur. It is a 15 meters’ high monolith and stands alone…
Driving east from Ísafjörður is the windy highway 61. I wish we had a Ferrari but we only had a Prius. Still, it was thrilling. The Manitoba roads…
We drove around the far North West corner of Iceland, which is quite nice. Quite nice? It’s one of the most remote and lesser visited areas of Iceland!…
Amazing Icelandic landscape. Lava. Streams full of fish. Leif visits where “Leif the Lucky” was born. …
Mom, my brother Casey and I went to Iceland. Woo! Starting in Reykjavik, where everyone starts, we wandered around the streets with cats. I discovered Sundhöll Reykjavikur. The…
plus an awesome dance band party at the Royal Albert with the Icelandic musical funsters FM Belfast. They were delayed at the airport and so had to race…
In 2010 núna (now) commissioned Icelandic Artist Sara Riel to create a mural for Winnipeg and about Winnipeg. It was made in a room on the top floor of…