¡Hola!

[Gummi]

Mi llama Guðmundur, soy de Islandés. Mi apodo es Gummi. Habla islandés, englesa y poco danés. Yo quiero aprender espanol

[CrOtALiTo]

Hello buddy, I bid you welcome these forums, I hope your stay in the forums it will be enjoyable.

Please I can see you Spanish with some many mistakes, I will do a tryout correcting you in some parts of your post.

Me llamo Gummi.

Soy Irlandes, Mi apodo es Gummi, hablo islandés y poco de danés, y quiero aprender Español.


I hope these corrections can be useful for you.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Gummi

Me llamo Guðmundur. Soy de Islandia. Mi apodo es Gummi. Hablo islandés, inglés y un poco de danés. (Yo) quiero aprender español

¡Bienvenido a los foros, Guðmundur!

There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above the box you type in. There you'll find all the special characters you'll need to type in Spanish.

[irmamar]

Welcome, Gummi.

[JPablo]

Bienvenido, Gummi... Disfruta aprendiendo...

[Gummi]

It's very nice to be here and thanks for the corrections. I'm not Irish though hehe.

[LibraryLady]

Bienvenido

[spacemaker]

Welcome Gummi. Your nick is like a candy, a gummybear.

I heard that Islandia is a country where it is very cold and is very much in the north, almost in the North Pole.

Greetings from more warm lands.

[irmamar]

Yes, it's very cold, but they have free (or very cheap) heating at home because of the geysers. Am I wrong, Gummi?

[Gummi]

You're right irmamar, we can drill for hot water and use it to heat the houses cheaply. And thanks to the warm Gulf stream that brings sea from the south to Iceland, it's not much colder here in the winters than in Denmark for example.

[irmamar]

I'd like to visit Iceland. Someday I'll go there.

[emilwest]

Hola, Gummi. Nice to see some nordic brothers around here. It's so rare to see an Islander...

[Jessica]

hola y bienvenido!

[Gummi]

You're welcome any time irmamar.

Hehe, Yeah, I guess we are not too many emilwest.

I've been to Spain twice (Torrevieja) and it was wonderful both times. On my next visit it would be great to be able to communicate a little in Spanish. I was trying the dictionary in here. It's pretty neat

[vita32]

Hola y bienvenido a los foros!

I had a pen pal from Reykjavik, Iceland years ago. His name was Gardar Helgasan. He sent me photos and I can smell sulphur in them. Does sulphur permeates the air in Iceland at all times?

[ChilenoAlemanCanada]

¡Hola y bienvenido! Espero que aprendas muchísimo. (I hope you learn much.)

[Elaina]

Welcome Gummi!

How do you keep warm? Is it always cold in Iceland? Probably only stories.

¡Bienvenido!

[Gummi]

New York has a similar winter temperature as many parts of lowland Iceland (around freezing point) so if you're not too cold there, then you will have no problem in Iceland. The Icelandic summer (average +10 - 13°C) is colder than New York though, but I feel very comfortable in +10°C so I don't complain! One thing I don't like much here though is when it rains for a long time. I like snow more than rain, it's drier!

vita32, you smelt sulphur in the photos? Wow, I would definitely not smell it! I can promise you that sulphur smell is only in certain places, around hot springs, not everywhere! But if you use hot tap water that comes from a geothermal area you will notice a faint sulphur smell, and I would guess that after a few days you would stop noticing it, like me

[vita32]

Originally Posted by Gummi

New York has a similar winter temperature as many parts of lowland Iceland (around freezing point) so if you're not too cold there, then you will have no problem in Iceland. The Icelandic summer (average +10 - 13°C) is colder than New York though, but I feel very comfortable in +10°C so I don't complain! One thing I don't like much here though is when it rains for a long time. I like snow more than rain, it's drier!

vita32, you smelt sulphur in the photos? Wow, I would definitely not smell it! I can promise you that sulphur smell is only in certain places, around hot springs, not everywhere! But if you use hot tap water that comes from a geothermal area you will notice a faint sulphur smell, and I would guess that after a few days you would stop noticing it, like me

I thought It was odd myself, Maybe he lived pretty close to a geothermal area?But anyway perhaps it's the sulphur that made me remember even his name up to now.

Is +10 - 13 degree C the warmest temperature in Iceland? If not what is?
What is the coldest temperature there?

Iceland is the land of the Midnight Sun (although there are other countries that experience this phenomenon). What months does this happen in Iceland. How many days/months does it last? How does if affect the sleeping pattern of the people Sorry I have so many questions, you don't have to answer them all(it's time that I do research).

[Gummi]

vita32, no, I was only mentioning the average temperature, warm summer days can go up to +20-25°C and the highest temperature that has ever been recorded in Iceland was +30,5°C (probably measured in an open field). And in the winters, temperatures can go as low as -20°C in Reykjavík and down to -25 or more in the north and in the highlands. But the record is -39,7°C! These are the extremes though and only happen a few times each winter/summer.

About the summer nights, they last some three months and I love them . The short winter days are repressive by my opinion and the only time you see the sun it is just right above the skyline and shining straight into your eyes, (annoying for drivers!!). Well, I know some people here who also love the dark but I'm definitely not one of them! However, I still don't dislike the winter because I love the snow and especially that all the bugs are gone until spring hehe!