Turf

I should make the point that my Iceland posts aren’t made in any particular order, but dictated by what I feel like writing about and how much time I have available. So if you’re familiar with Icelandic geography, you may suspect that I’m teleporting randomly about the landscape.  Whereas to those of you who don’t know Iceland, it won’t matter. What we have here is a turf-roofed house similar to those inhabited by most Icelanders throughout history, a style used well into the 20th century— ex...