Waller arrives at Sorg. He sends his guide, Bjarni, off to Reykjavik on errand. Waller enjoys sports fishing and he asks the local farmer to take him to fish. When they arrive at the river bank, the farmer says,
An Icelandic Wedding, Waller, 1874
As our young English painter, S. E. Waller continues his journey sketching saga sites, he goes to Kross.
While he is there, he is told that a wedding is going to take place. He wants to see as much about the manners and customs of the country as possible so he is keen to attend. The wedding is to occur at twelve o
On To Oddi, Waller, 1874
S. E. Waller is a young English artist. He doesn
Sigrun Davidsdottir: the kreppa
World Book Day
The crazies are out there.
They
Shopping In Reykjavik, 1874
If your ancestors lived in Reykjavik or, more likely, visited there to trade, who would they have dealt with? Who were the people who decided what they’d be paid for their precious trade goods and what they’d paid for the supplies they needed to survive for a year?
Richard Burton, 1874, gives a good picture of who made up the business establishment.
Since the trading season was the summer when the weather was at its best, the traders would all be in Reykjavik but, not surprisingly, most of them left for Copenhagen as the trading season ended. From RB
On Being Canadian
Canada is an immigrant country. Our immigrations have happened at different times in Canada
Rite of Passage
Photograph provided by Ken Kristjanson
Lake Winnipeg is big. People who haven
Will Paradise Be Reclaimed?
Get ready for Obama to face off with Romney. Two outsiders contesting the position of president of the most powerful nation on earth. When Jack Kennedy was going to run for president, there were many who said, he couldn
Trollope on St. Kilda, 1878
