tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post5222884603197235556..comments2023-10-26T12:19:49.542+00:00Comments on Iceland Eyes: an Original Icelandic Photojournal Since 2004: 16 Fascinating Facts About Icelandic HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post-46227482941186408382017-07-23T12:25:58.728+00:002017-07-23T12:25:58.728+00:00Thank you, Maria! Icelandic history is one of my p...Thank you, Maria! Icelandic history is one of my passions (why, I do not know: was I an Icelander in a previous life…?), so, I kind of knew most of these things, but I love reading them again and again!<br />But in this case your post inspired me to comment on the very last part of your history: a country that was utterly poor only 30 or 40 years ago and has changed so much so fast... It really moves me deep down. I can relate, because I lived in South Korea for one year, and, albeit for different reasons (the horrendous Korean war back in the... sixties…?... not sure now), it is another country that has experienced such a sudden resurgence from total desperate poverty. I recall looking around me in Korea and getting really emotional to see old men and women having a peaceful walk in a park, and thinking that not so many years ago they could not even dream of having somewhere to spend the night or having food easily available on a daily basis. <br />I guess that today in Iceland there must be lots of people in similar situation, people that in their jouth lived in the hardest, poorest imaginable conditions, and now, at last, they can enjoy and rejoice a normal, decent life... <br /><br />Congratulations to all of you there!<br /><br />FranFran Ayllónhttp://crafthumanitas.isnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post-3161941841857204842017-07-18T14:04:30.498+00:002017-07-18T14:04:30.498+00:00That is a nice summary! My own Icelandic ancestry ...That is a nice summary! My own Icelandic ancestry shows Irish back around 600-700 A.D. Fascinating stuff!Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com