Velkomin! Komð þið sæll og blessaður!

Velkomin! Komð þið sæll og blessaður!

First of all I have to apologize for having opened my blog with something that did not have a specific relation to the blog's theme (See previous post).

The truth is I am new to the blog universe, and I wanted to post something original and new; then I came back to my senses and relaized that with the Internet nothing is so original anymore, but it needs to be accurate (or at least this is what I expect from it).

The second obstacle was the fact that I have tons of interests, from foreing languages (my first and probably truest love) to music, cinema, sports, animals, geology, & so on. Choosing what to talk about was really hard.

Third problem: I have never kept a diary, not even when I was a teenage dreamer and had such hope in the future of humanity. This means I am terrible at keeping a daily record of my thoughts, especially since I don't think they are any better or any more special than the rest of the world (with a few exceptions, that is).

That is why I turned to traveling, the second biggest love of my life, and one of the things that has helped me avoiding traps such as ignorance and disdain: the more I traveled around the world, the less I perceived the others as something REALLY different form me or my fellow countrymen. Not that I had to start traveling to realize that, but living side by side with other people in their own countries helps you to get a better understanding of their realities and cultures.

Somebody (I think it was Confucio) once said: "Every journey starts with a first step"; and the first steps that brought me to Ireland and Iceland had me fall in love with both countries (I have a separate blog on Ireland: diadhuit.splinder.com), with their people, their languages, their folklore and music.

This is the main reason why you will read about Iceland and her beauties: possibly once a week I will manage to post more infos about her. I hope my stories will intrigue you enough as to decide to go and visit the country: you will then experience the magical power of the Icalandic lanscape and of its wilderness, and you'll get witchcrafted just like me.

Við sjáumst!