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the timeless
The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 11 — 2016
SOUR GRAPES
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of Iceland
Your Letters
Hello Grapevine! I enjoyed your 2010 article about the lack of an Icelandic equivalent to Craigslist Missed Connections. I'm wondering if anything has evolved since the article was written. Barnaland doesn't quite fit the bill. Last year I met an Icelandic pilot in Hong Kong named Benedikt. He worked for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and lived in eastern Iceland with his wife and children. He was out with his colleagues and kindly returned my lost wallet and cell phone, and I never had the opportunity to thank him. If not for his kindness, I would have missed my flight the next day. Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated! Warm regards, Natalie
Hæ Natalie! We're sorry to report that Icelanders are still wandering aimlessly through their lives, missing connections left and right. If only we had a way to figure out who that was down on Laugavegur last night, who let us bum a cigarette before disappearing into the night… Thankfully, in Iceland you’re bound to have at least one mutual Facebook friend with pretty much everyone in the country. So it may take a bit more digging but hey, who said this was supposed to be easy? As for Benedikt, if you’re out there and you feel like Natalie may be your missed connection, feel free to let us know at letters@grapevine.is. Good luck with your missed connections, Natalie, and we hope you continue running into kind Icelanders wherever you go! Happy sleuthing, Grapevine
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