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Hi,

when you live in a foreign country there are many things to learn, to understand, to see, to listen and some of them make you question your own habits, your own culture and your own knowledge. After adapting to the new environment you will maybe import some of these foreign habits to your regular life.

I remember the first year I lived in Germany, my bedroom had no curtains to really keep the light out! At first I was surprise and questioned myself "how will I be able to sleep here?" after some days I noticed that I really slept very well and enjoyed waking up with the light and not with the alarm clock!!

Now I prefer to sleep with the curtains open and let the suns light come in in the morning. Sometimes I still need the alarm clock... unfortunatelly :P

In these first days in Iceland I have learned already some interesting facts. Facts related to history and culture of the country and its people. Did you know that:

• Iceland stills hunts whales and this year decided to increase its quota to 150 fin and 100 minke whales?
• Leif Ericsson, an icelandic explorer, reached to north america before Colombo being the first european to do it?
• the government is not independent of the church being the national church of Iceland luteran?
• 70% of Iceland's energy production is based on renewable energies (99% geothermal), being the country with the highest rate of green energy production?
• there is no railway in Iceland? there were some tries but none succeded.
• the number of yearly thefts doubled after the current economical crisis passing from 2 to 4? ;)

Well, this is just a small sample of the discoveries we are making everyday :)

Kisses,