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About the Author
Jewells is a native New Yorker that fell in love with an Icelander and now lives in one of the most fascinating countries in the world. As the host of the All Things Iceland podcast, she shares about Icelandic culture, history, language and nature. When she is not making podcast episodes or YouTube videos, you can find her attempting to speak in Icelandic, hiking up mountains, reading books and spending time with her family.

Musing on Icelandic Landscape

The land of fire and ice is a delightful playground for all the senses.  The vividly colored moss lying on jagged lava rocks sits nestled along monstrous mountains and line the shores of icy cold water.  The massive amount of untouched land emanates a mysterious sensuality that makes one believe that there are untold secrets…

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Is that me talking?!

Have you ever opened your mouth to speak but didn’t recognize the voice coming out? This might sound like a plot line out of a science fiction thriller but it is a real life occurrence that has happened to me, and possibly many others, a few times since I started learning Icelandic.  When learning a…

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Hello, World!

Today is a special day not only because I am publishing my first blog post, but also because it is Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Icelandic Language Day)!  November 16th was chosen for Dagur íslenskrar tungu because it coincides with the birthday of the popular Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson.  As a new blogger on the topic of becoming a polyglot,…

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