5 Ways Iceland Has Changed Me After Living Here for 5 Years
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- June 2021 marks 5 years of me living and traveling Iceland! Immersing in Icelandic culture has changed me quite a bit and I'm sharing 5 ways that I have changed the most since moving in 2016. I feel that these changes will forever impact my life and I will never be the same. Check out the video to find out the five ways that Iceland has changed me and let me know if you have changed after moving to a new place.
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Time stamps of the Ways I have changed
00:00 - Intro
02:25 - 1st Way I Have Changed
04:08 - 2nd Way I Have Changed
07:59 - 3rd Way I Have Changed
10:38 - 4th Way I Have Changed
13:36 - 5th Way I Have Changed
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This is ARIEL, I loved this video jewels, very insightful YOUR growth in 5 years ALL that you accomplished, AND BEING REAL about iceland the GOOD & BAD ,loved your HONESTY, thought about the quote..THE MEANING OF LIFE IS TO GIVE LIFE MEANING,
Thank you so much, Ariel. The adventure continues. 😊
congratulations on five years! i just got my own residency/work permit, allowing me to stay at least two more years, and hopefully longer, a couple of weeks ago -- yay! so celebrating along with you.
Thank you and congratulations!!! I’m excited that it’s working out for you to stay. 🥳
Language is about communication, learning is a journey through life. If you are learning and communicating then enjoy it you are doing well, you will never stop learning.
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OMG! You inspire me! I came to your page as I am researching solo Iceland travel but have found sooooo much more! You're an amazing light! Thank you!
Thank you 🤗
This is so interesting. I’ve been living here in Iceland for just two years so it’s interesting to hear your perspective after five years. I’ve loved following your journey learning Icelandic, too. My Icelandic is a lot poorer than yours and I so appreciate your honesty with how tricky the learning journey has been. Wishing you all the best x
Amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing your insights of Iceland!
Congrats on your five year anniversary in Iceland!😊🎉🎈
I got my sweaters from Iceland thanks to you advertising the website on your channel. The sweaters are of great quality and beautiful.
So glad you like them! All of my sweaters are from them.
I haven't seen the ads for the Icelandic made sweaters. Maybe they're posted in a link somewhere?
@@Cheesus4jesus Hi, the link to purchase the sweaters are posted in the description box of her you tube video: "Handmade Icelandic Sweaters--Why They're Unique & Where to Buy Them".
@@dontbelongherefromanotherp9807 thank you
My youtube notifications need to get its stuff together because I've missed so many videos. Thank you for your insights! Definitely gonna subscribe to your newsletter and listen to your podcast, I look really forward to seeing Iceland in person one day and learning Icelandic once I get a better hand on Portuguese. Time to watch your other videos!
It is also a blessing for me after watching your site. Especially this being Juneteeth, you taught me about Hans Jonatan. Anytime I tell anyone about that man, I talk about your site, so happy anniversary and many good blessings.
Iceland is on my Travel Bucket List and I've learned so much watching your videos. You've inspired me to Live My Best Life and try new things.
I love your videos. Your excitement, curiosity, incredible presentation skills always shine through in your adventures and interviews. Keep them coming. This Brooklynite would love to visit someday. [Still thinking of what I'd to see]. God Bless.
Awesome video! I can’t wait to visit Iceland 🇮🇸
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
First of all, many good blessings to you on your five anniversary, also, happy Juneteenth.
Thanks for sharing your insights. Much appreciated!
My pleasure and thanks for watching. 😊
You popped up in my notifications n I'm so glad! I feel like I'm not only armchair traveling w you, but really appreciate your take on things from a different perspective that allows myself to expand n grow. So happy I found you again, a breath of fresh air.
Wow, thank you so much! It means a lot to hear that, and I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Thanks for sharing, Jewels. I keep thinking about the horses and the black licorice with marzipan.
My pleasure and thanks for watching. Sounds like you Iceland on the brain. 🙂
Very interesting and so true about living in a foreign country. As a knitter I couldn't get over your sweater -- and how great it looks on you.
I grew up on licorice, it was my Grandad's favourite sweet so Icelandic tastes are not so strange, at least in that regard.
I enjoyed the interviews you did, it was so interesting to hear peoples stories, especially because i might not ever have heard them otherwise.
Yea, I think that is how Icelanders feel about licorice too.
Glad to hear that you enjoy the interviews.
I brought some black licorice back to Cista Rica w/ me. The kids couldn't fathom how it is "candy"
Yes, podcasts are great. !
Yes! Since getting your curated box of Icelandic goodies, I too developed an actual fondness for black licorice, especially the variety with marzipan. Keep doing what you do and happy 5th anniversary!
Yay! I hope to do more boxes in the future. Thank you!
@@AllThingsIceland omg can we still order one?
Wow five years? Good for you, you are making your way and sharing good content with your followers 👍🏽
Thank you 🤗
Hey Jewells, great video and you are the Queen of diplomacy when discussing how your world views have changed ! Hello from 🇨🇦
Hi back to you. Lol thanks
I know what you mean about teaching yourself another language. I started teaching myself German last year, and it has ups and downs. Sometimes I want to practice my German but it seems like there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
Yea, it can be hard to find balance and to see progress. I hope you keep going with it and give yourself breaks when you need to.
I will. I don’t give up that easily. I usually have music playing at home anyway when I’m doing stuff around the house and it turns out I really enjoy German music.
You German...me Italian! 🥴
I finally watched Ari Eldjárn's comedy special because of your recommendation. Absolutely hilarious! Honestly one of the top three stand-up routines I have ever seen. His voice acting and his impressions (including of like inanimate objects?!) were incredible.
Listened to the Ari Eldjúrn Netflix special right after watching your video Jules. I'm glad you gave some context which really made it more funny. 😊
Yay!! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it and that the context I shared helped you to better understand some of the jokes.
I am loving your videos. I love learning about other cultures. If possible could you do a interview with an Icelandic chef who prepares actual Icelandic food? Food is something that also distinguish cultures. Thank you.
Very informative and interesting video. Maybe I will put this country on my bucket list. Congratulations. Stay safe
Thank you and awesome to hear!!
Love for you! I hope I move to Iceland when i’m older!
Thank you! I hope you are able to move to Iceland too. 😊
Yes! To more video interviews.
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Insightful reflection Jewel!
Thank you 😊
I love black licorice, Fennel tea is amazing. it has a great black licorice taste.
Happy birthday Jewels 🎂 🥳 🎉 a little belated but amazing 👏 💓
Thank you so much! ❤️🤗
We were brought up on black sweetish licorice.
I luv the Dutch salty licorice as well.
I know exactly what it's like to immigrate to a new country culture and language.
Very challenging in the beginning to put it mildly but so worth it and life changing for the positive.
Definitely makes us stronger more interesting and broadens our horizons.
Agreed! Glad it is going/went well for you too.
Great video! Now I want hear all ten things.
😊 thank you!
I can't wait for you and your husband to have adorable Icelandic-American babies!
There's a Savant who learned to speak fluent Icelandic in a week, enough to go on live television and do an interview. Amazing!
Hi Jewells, congrats on the five years being passionate about Iceland. Hoping to visit soon as the world will slowly come back to a new normal. Love how you say "peaks and valleys" whilst the rest of us stick with "ups and downs" By the way Ari Eldjarn is fantastic, anyone who gets offended by comedy should find something else to watch on Netflix. Plenty of bland average shows available!! Have a great day XXX
Thank you! I hope you get to visit Iceland in the near future. 😊
Love your channel! ❤️❤️❤️Would love to see an interview with Iceland Urban, Community and Regions Planners. Here in the states many states plan out 10 and 20 years. What's in store for Iceland?
Thank you for the lovely comment and the suggestion for a video. 🙂
Me: Promptly Googles the crime statistics for Iceland. Also me: I still want to see those damn waterfalls and natural wonders.
😂 The crime is still quite low. I feel very safe here and the nature is stunning! 😊
@@AllThingsIceland Crime I would think would be low. A. No guns (like for me here in Costa Rica).. where r they gonna run to up there?
It's refreshing not being in a gun happy nation.
I like black licorice as a gum. It's the only type that has no aftertaste like mint does.
You are such an awesome person. Love it =]
Thank you so much. 🤗
I just went to Iceland recently, I was there with a friend for 6 days over memorial day weekend and I can't wait to go back. I want to go in the fall for longer. I can see how you definitely can get a lot out of multiple visits to the same place, the natural wonders are just mind boggling.
As for your number 5, part of my reason for going is to get alternate perspectives (I enjoyed that comedy special too btw). Other than the sights, a major highlight of the trip was talking to some of the locals.
A perspective check for me was as we drove a lot we were listening to the radio and it was in Icelandic of course but they mentioned memorial day because it's a bank holiday. My thought process was like wait, that's an American holiday... but it's a bank holiday everywhere... because the financial system flows through America because we're a superpower... Do we even deserve this power? Are we responsible enough for this? LOL (these are rhetorical, just my passing thoughts at the time) but yeah it's just so funny because we in the US hear the term superpower and it seems sort of distant in a way and then to come overseas you kind of see it from another angle, so it was a bit of a tippy moment. I believe it's good for us though, I like that sort of mind-expanding feeling.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed your time in Iceland!
Yea, it's strange how much influence countries like the US has all over the world. Just want to make sure I understand one thing. Are you saying that Icelanders on the radio were saying Memorial Day is a bank holiday in Iceland too?
I wouldn't be surprised if they were mentioning the holiday because of the ceremonies that take place on that day. Plus US soldiers were stationed in Iceland during WWII.
@@AllThingsIceland I heard the words "memorial day" and "bank holiday" so I assumed the bank holiday included Iceland and that's why they were talking about it, yes. BUT since there was Icelandic around these phrases it's entirely possible I'm missing some context 😆
Genuinely curious now about the extent to which Icelanders celebrate the holiday. I remember hearing about the soldiers staying there.
@@sirenarussell9250 I am just trying to imagine why they would use those phrases at all. Because it doesn't affect the markets here all that much since we also trade with Europe quite a lot. I just had to google when Memorial Day is.
Excellent information. I’m dating a man from Nigeria. He speaks English (native language) and Yoruba. I’m going to need prayer. Learning a language can be a challenge. Glad to see and hear of your development.
Thank you and best of luck to you. With consistency and persistence, you will get there.🙂
*Interesting, thank you for sharing! What made you move to Iceland of all places? What do you do for a living? Is it adorable to live there? I hate the cold so I don't think I'd even visit Iceland, lol. I have so many questions, lol.*
I didn't find that it was super cold per se... what knocks u off your socks sometimes is the wind. Sometimes u have to fight it just to close the car door
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Watched this with a smile on my face from beginning to the end.
Subscribed long time ago, not always agreeing but never considered unsubscribing.
Been maybe sometimes harsh in the comment section, disagreeing.
As if i wouldn't be freely disagreeing i wouldn't really be respecting you as a person.
Glad you like the video. Everyone is entitled to their opinions just as long it’s being expressed in a respectful way.
What time does the sun set and rise in Iceland in June?
Since you asked, yes, I do enjoy all of the interviews, and yes, they are very long. And yes, I can't sit that long, so I watch in spurts. Maybe break up the interviews? Or I can continue to watch in spurts, but then I have to remember to search to catch the rest.
Thanks for letting me know and the feedback. I've been trying to figure out what is the best way to feature them. For now, I might just keep posting the long versions and work on how to split them up.
Off topic but a lady you interviewed for your blog a while back is in Katla, a Netflix series. Like as soon as I saw her I knew she was mixed race. And she is very pretty. But I have followed your channel off and on so it was cool to see that you had interviewed Aldís Amah Hamilton. You should check out the series and do a review/reaction (unless you already have). Since I think the setting is in South Iceland. There is also one of the many Skarsgard babies in it (their family has at least 6 kids). I also noticed that Alex Skarsgard is going bald. So different from when he was on True Blood (he is still handsome though).
Yes, I heard about the release and I’m looking forward to checking it out. I think a review would be a lot of fun. Thanks for the idea. 😊
@@AllThingsIceland No problem! Hope you are well.
370,679 people (according to local website) is like roughly half of Alaska. Iceland only reached 100,000 population in the 1920s, 200,000 in the 1960s and 300,000 in 2006. Small? Yes. But guess the more it is, the faster it grows. Greenland and the Faraoe Islands combined is just 110,000, less than half of the capital region of Iceland
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Wonderfully honest. Thank you. Watching your videos I felt so happy that a "utopia" possibly existed. Now that the rose colored glasses have been knocked off, I at least feel hopeful that the potential for change if not perfection, is possible. I don't feel hopeful for positive change here in the US.
I think the worst thing would be the weather. And then there are many best things. ;-)
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Jewell, have u ever been to Greenland? If yes... thoughtz?
Yes, I’ve been to Kulusuk and Tasiilaq. It was amazing and felt like stepping back in time. I want to visit Nuuk because I’ve heard it’s more metropolitan but I Lear Ed a lot about the culture going to those places. Also, I went hiking in the wilderness there with a guide. She had to carry a gun because of the possibility of a polar bear showing up.
@@AllThingsIceland geez I'd hope not. Tbey're on their way to being endangered.
I didnt understand why people were glacier climbing in the South Coast... A. The glaciers are melting so why break them apart more? B. What is the attraction? Go to a parking lot in winter & climb up the snow piled there.
No2 It was interesting for me as a Icelander when I moved to America how the crime here didn't shock as much after 5 years
1. This was really cool -- I think somewhere in #5 is "I will never stay inside when the weather is nice ever again, no matter where I end up living in the future." :-)
2. Dark, rich reds look really nice on you, and that sweater is gorgeous.
LOL so true
Thanks!
Wow, Jewells, Great video and location! Of all the places! Well done you for making a life for yourself in a country where black people are hardly known to travel to!
I was thinking that. Years ago (after WWII) the USA set up an air base there. Tmk the Icelandic govt requested to only send up light skinned soldiers.. but those were the times back then
As a Norwegian person, I'd say it is very much ok to make fun of Danish. ;)
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Black licorice…mmmm!
😂 Guess you are a big fan of it.
Very much so. I just got my braces off and the first thing I asked for was A LARGE BOX OF BLACK LICORICE. 😁
Takk fyrir hvað þú ert ánægð á Íslandi
What is your stance on ultra salty black licorice? Haha
It’s not for me. 😂
@@AllThingsIceland lol I would have asked about hákarl, but I feel like that's too cliche.
Love the videos, nice seeing a fellow American's point of view on living abroad.
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Did you decide to keep your US citizenship, even though you will still have to pay taxes there?
Yes, I kept my US citizenship. I have to file taxes but I don’t have to pay double taxes as long as I am working for a company in Iceland and paying taxes here
In one of your Podcasts you said to someone that Icelandic is hard and because of that it is so easy to go this is too hard and I can’t do it or this rule is annoying. But then you said that you just sometimes gotta learn it and get passed the hard part/ complaining. And that has stayed with me. Whenever I am like why do I need to understand the difference between Kringluna eða Kringlunni or anythibg else that I wanna qui on. I am just learn it and you will be fine. Get passed the too hard and I can’t
My 5th n last video of urs. Have fun n write a nice book
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So sad many do not look back when live is made a little better ..they for get of those lift behind mother land is crying out for her children where are they wondering about......