Be inspired on this International Women’s Day by the heroic explorer of the ancient Icelandic Sagas, Gudridur Thorbjarnardottir and the prophecy about Gudridur. She was among the first settlers from Iceland to explore and settle in Greenland with Erik the Red and with Thorfinnur Karlsefni to North America at Vinland. She was the mother […]
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During our ‘There and Back Again 1875-2015 Tour’ of Iceland last summer we enjoyed the most wonderful of dinners at Tjöruhúsið in Ísajörður in the Westfjords of Iceland. It was indeed a happy highlight of the trip! Fresh, abundant, tasteful food warmed us after a long day of adventuring in the most amazing of landscapes. […]
Gail Einarson-McCleery Honorary Consul Approves Vinarterta! Gail is a recipient of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon. She is the Culture and Youth Director of the Icelandic National League of North America, the INL Representative of the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto & Honorary Consul of Iceland in Toronto. In June of 2015 the Icelandic […]