... eine Erwähnung wert:
Island wird MäcDonalds-freie Zone.

"... The fast food giant said its three outlets in the country would shut - and that it had no plans to return. Besides the economy, McDonald's blamed the "unique operational complexity" of doing business in an isolated nation with a population of just 300'000 ... "

Nachzulesen [hier].

Quelle: [The Iceland Weather Report]

... an einer [Weinmesse] gewesen.
Was am nachhaltigsten überraschte:
Nicht die Qualität der Weine.
Nicht das riesige Angebot.
Nicht die kulinarischen Leckerbissen von der [Moosegg].

Nein.

Was a.more.s völlig umhaute:
Die Präsenz der Jugend.
Wo er doch eher ein gesetzteres Publikum erwartet hätte.

Wäre da nicht lauter Wein gewesen ringsherum, sondern z.B. Musik - hätte vom Publikum her glatt auch eine Disco (mit Alters-Untergrenze 16) abgeben können.

Überwinden Sie sich.
Gehen Sie einfach mal hin.
In den Zirkus [MONTI].
Und Sie werden so was nie mehr sagen.
_{(... vorausgesetzt vielleicht: Sie haben das Staunen noch nicht verlernt.)}

_{Christian Indermühle: «Packhard / Chevrolet Factory Detroit», 2008 / Print 2011. C-Print, 140 x 113 cm.}

Galerie [Bernhard Bischoff & Partner]

... gelehrt haben, dass solche Bemühungen absolut vergeblich sind:
Versuchsweise wieder mal ein Minimum an Büchern nach Island mitgenommen.
Zwei.
2!
Muss doch möglich sein, dort zum Lesen zu kommen.

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Nix draus geworden.
K-e-i-n-e Zeile!
Nicht eine einzige.

Hingegen hier, wo weniger Zeit ist - da ist erstaunlicherweise mehr Zeit zum Lesen.

Mehr Zeit auch, um im üppigen Konsum-Überangebot wieder nach Strich und Faden verführt zu werden.
So z.B. dem Kauf dieses Kalenders in keiner Art & Weise widerstehen können.

Immerhin in ... ... dieser Beziehung endlich einmal der Zeit ein bisschen voraus.

... What did she (Lady Gaga) expect? Thousands of rioting fans ready to bust down the security fences at Reykjavík airport (if there are any)? Hoards of screaming, fainting adolescent boys and girls? I mean, THIS IS ICELAND. POPULATION 300'000. In reality I think there were about ten people cowering behind a makeshift fence as her plane came in. - Hilarious - from [The Iceland Weather Report]

Lady Gaga is in Reykjavik today to receive the [LennonOno Grant for peace].

In fact you can watch Yoko Ono lighting the [Imagine Peace Tower] tonight - it's John Lennons birthday! - via live stream [right here ...] - the light will now be on every night until the date of his death.

... a foreign tourist was reported missing in the volcanic canyon Eldgjá in the southern highlands after she failed to return to her tour bus. The driver waited for about one hour before notifying the police and continuing the tour.

Search and rescue were sent to the area shortly afterwards. A helicopter was ready to be sent to the area to assist with the search but the plans were put off due to foggy conditions. Around 50 people participated in the search on vehicles and by foot.

However, the search was called off at 3 am when it turned out that the missing woman had been on the bus all along and even participated in the search for herself.

Before reentering the bus after the stop at Eldgjá, the woman had changed her clothes and freshened up, resulting in the other passengers not recognizing her.

Chief of police in Hvolsvöllur, Sveinn K. Rúnarsson, told that the woman was innocent of the mistake; the people on the bus hadn’t been counted correctly. She didn’t recognize the description of herself and “had no idea that she was missing.”

From the [Iceland Review], Vol. #04 2012