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The third Yule Lad, Stufur or “Stubby,” became a nuisance throughout Iceland at Christmas by stealing the household pans for the delicious crust that remained on them. From the 14th to the 26th of December, his appetite was insatiable. While this may not seem like a terrible crime, historically, pots and pans were incredibly valuable…

Giljagaur, or “Gully Gawk,” was the second Icelandic Yule Lad to arrive in human settlements. Hiding in the gullies around a house, waiting until its residents have fallen asleep, his method of troublemaking was to break into the cowshed to steal any milk available. In doing so, he robbed families of the key ingredient in the sauces…

Just returning from Iceland, we learned that Iceland does not have a single fictional character called Santa, they have 13 fictional characters who make an appearance during Christmas time. The 13 lads live in the volcanic mountains with their parents and a cat. Starting on December 12 one by one, never two by two their…

The flag of the Northern Territories of Australia. Located in the North Central region of Australia. Its largest city is Darwin. It is the ancestral home of the Australian Indigenous people, with most theories stating the Aboriginal people were there for up to 65,000 years. It was not granted ‘responsible government’ by the Australian parliament…

On last full day in Iceland we decided to go to the National Museum to learn more about the country we had been spending time in. On our hike to the Museum we walked by one of the oldest cemeteries in Reykjavík. The headstones were ancient with dates from the early 1800s. We noticed that…

The morning hours were spent in the geothermal mineral hot springs outside of Reykjavik. The strange feeling of being in a gigantic outdoor swimming pool in Iceland. After sitting/squatting in the very warm geothermal broth, doing an impression of a potato in sulphuric soup you are supposed to ‘plunge’ into the real very cold sea…

We call our travels: Adventures. There remains an element of, ‘we have no idea what is going to happen’. Looking back there could be a searching for reasons, I wonder why that happened? If I hadn’t looked in that direction…if I hadn’t sat there, would this not have happened? ‘It is all a random coincidence’.…

There is no doubt that a major tourist attraction of Iceland are the Northern Lights. Since it is completely weather dependent and can’t be scheduled, you ‘take what you can get the day you go out. The moon was so bright and the air almost too clear, even though we drove about 45 minutes out…