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July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Heatwave and sailing in ICeland july 2009These day ,summer vacation season is on. And next weekend ,is a holiday weekend - public holiday on monday. That means ,festivals all over Iceland next weekend . And in Reykjavik today ,a heatwave is upon us. The heat is a staggering 16 on the celcius. So ,you go to the Reykjavik beach,and go sailing on your kajak,like these i saw today. Summer vacation ,are about 4 to 5 weeks in Iceland. And due to the banking crisis,not many are going abroad,so they travel in Iceland instead. Quote YouTube - Heatwave and sailing in ICeland july 2009 July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Protest in Iceland - july 15 2009The controlling parties in Iceland,the Left Green Movement and
the Social Democratic Alliance,are putting to a vote at the Icelandic
parliement,to join the Europian Union. And people where today at the parliement protesting,and shouting at parliement building. Not everybody is for the Europian Union. Part of the Left Green Movement is not for it ,and now there are a lot of discussion in parliement. Some in the oppositon parties are for joining the EU . The vote will probably be tomorrow at 12:00 . One og the protester who was shouting at the parliement building,using words ,like - Treason ,traitors and such - was asked by the parliement guard to go farther away from the building,wish he refused. Quote YouTube - Protest in Iceland - july 15 2009 July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Costa Magica leaving Reykjavik Iceland july 2009Big boat leaving Reykjavik ,and in the end of
the video - you can see the Reykjavik harbour pilot leave the big boat to a smaller boat Quote YouTube - Costa Magica leaving Reykjavik Iceland july 2009 July, 2009 Big thing being transported in icelandJuly, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Asbyrgi - Odins horse shoeprint on the groundHere is Asbyrgi , a natural formation in
Iceland - it is located in the northeastern part of ICeland ,and it is
said ,to be formed by Odins horse - The eight legged horse named -
Sleipnir. Quote YouTube - Asbyrgi - Odins horse shoeprint on the ground July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Family reunion - and pulling rope - and a rive between themFamily reunion ,and people having fun ,two groups trying to get victory ,by pylling a rope - and the loosers go into the river. Quote YouTube - Family reunion - and pulling rope - and a rive between them July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - Icelandic Police and Coast Guard on traffic dutyThis is in the west part of ICeland ,near Borgarnes. Here the police and coast guard are checking on the traffic - speed and such Quote YouTube - Icelandic Police and Coast Guard on traffic duty July, 2009 Talking about YouTube - New Icelandic coast guard plane arrives in IcelandToday , ( july 1 2009 ) a new Icelandic Coast Guard plane landed for the first time in Iceland. This is a DASH 8 q 300 - type,and with all the neccesary equipment that a coast guard plane should have. Two coast guard helicopter came in formation with the new plane. Then after landing there where speaches at Icelandic Coast GUard HQ. Before this,the coast used for the last 32 years, a Fokker 27 . So it was about ti More..me to get a new plane for the Icelandic coast guard. Quote YouTube - New Icelandic coast guard plane arrives in Iceland |
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