Alright, I know I talk about Iceland a lot, but here it is again. I don't know why I am so obsessive but I just am. I have this passion for this culture that I can't understand or explain. I was telling this to my friend who is also in the class with me. She said, "because there are so few people learning the language, we have to make up for it by being obsessive." Maybe that is it. I don't know.
What I do know is that there is a part of me that longs so badly to be engulfed in that culture. I want to live there. I want to speak the language. I want to name my future children Icelandic names. I want my children to speak the language. I want to be connected to this incredible country.
Sometimes I wonder why I have this passion for other countries and cultures. Sometimes I ponder at the possiblity that growing up in the US has made me feel cultureless. Or maybe, I don't identify with the culture here in the US. I feel like there are so many things with politics and social attitudes that I don't agree with.
One of my favorite things about Iceland is that they have such a rich history and a strong tradition of literacy. They are so strongly proud of their heritage. They just make me really happy!
2 comments:
I inexplicably love Iceland as well! I don't know how or when this began, but I want to travel there sooo badly! So if you ever need a travel buddy...even though you don't know me...well, I share your enthusiasm. I'm just a fellow Board reader, by the way.
It's funny, I was just having a conversation with my dad about how badly I want to serve a mission in a foreign country rather than stateside, because I have this hunger for immersing myself in other cultures (and no, I don't have the money to study abroad). I specifically chose to go to school at BYUH because I knew it had a reputation for diversity, and I have thrived there. So, I can understand your passion. Who knows, maybe you are supposed to get married and live in Iceland someday :). I have a friend who has this strange passion for Ireland (hey, it's only one letter difference!); every time she thinks about it, and she's been there several times, she feels this strong desire to go back. I swear she is going to go on a mission/get married there, and she strangely feels the same way. So, woman, I think you have the same destiny in Iceland!
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