It’s so hard to believe that I am celebrating 5 years of living and traveling in Iceland this month. June is special to me because a lot of major events in my life have happened during this month. Some I have control over, such as moving to Iceland in 2016, getting married, and starting the podcast three years ago, so I’m celebrating those anniversaries too.
One thing that I don’t think I had any control over is that I was born in June. This is a kind of random fact but I was supposed to be born on May 16th but my mom said I was not ready to come and I ended up being born a month later on June 16th. Maybe I had more control over that than I thought. Anyway, as you can see there is a lot to celebrate this month
Five years feels special to me because I’ve been fortunate enough to learn, travel and grow as a person in Iceland throughout this time. I’ve met some amazing people, gone to gorgeous places and had the opportunity to share some of them with all of you, whether it’s on the All Things Iceland podcast, YouTube channel, Instagram or Facebook. The funny thing is that I have so much that I haven’t been able to share because there is not enough time in the day to put all the content.
Living and traveling in Iceland for the last 5 years, podcasting for the last three years and running a Youtube channel about Iceland, I’ve amassed a lot of knowledge about this amazing place. While it would be great to share all of what I’ve learned, it would take a very long time to do that. So, I’ve chosen 10 things I’ve learned in the last 5 years to share.
Random side note, here is the Farm Life Iceland video, where I followed Pálína around on her family’s sheep farm.
Now let’s jump into the 10 things that I’ve learned after living in Iceland for the last 5 years.
- No place looks and feels the same even after visiting it multiple times
- My perception of Iceland has changed a lot
- The taste of black liquorice has started to grow on me. Please don’t tell my husband.
- As much as I have traveled here, I’m constantly finding new places to see, new foods to try and amazing people to meet
- The diversity of people is amazing.
- Icelandic is still challenging and I continue to learn
- Being plant based/vegan is amazingly easy here.
- Budgeting has became so much more necessary after living here.
- After moving, I’ve grown a lot as an adult, a partner to Gunnar and as a creative person.
- I see the word differently now after living here.
Random Fact of the episode
I only started hiking when I came to Iceland. In the podcast, I talk about my first hiking experience in the country with Icelandic mountaineers, which was intense.
Icelandic word of the episode
umbreytast – transformation
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You have such a soothing voice to listen to, I’ve been getting more into podcasts and this one just might be my favorite.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Nyla.
Thank you, Nyla!