Elo Vazquez ([info]oblicua) wrote,
@ 2008-08-28 18:25:00
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icelandic snapshooting
these are the houses next to the pond, downtown reykjavík:






i always loved these ones. the district's called 101 reykjavík, completely downtown:


this is one of my favourites:


also from 101:


usually there's a lot of hidden green between the houses (in summer of course):


not very common being able to dry the clothes outside:


these are the type of houses of norðurmyrin, where i'm living now. not that very special:


but sometimes there are some crazy flowers coming out in the neighbourhood. this one is really really similar to the one we're living in now:


and last but not least, this is going to be my house soon. i mean, my home, always, no renting, having children and stuff. óttar kind of owns it (too long story) and i'm kind of scared to think about it:


inside (note: his brother's still living there, we'll move in a year or so, which means we'll change the decoration of course):


bonus track - icelandic cuteness in the kindergarten. i bet he's going to be a famous musician or something:


EDIT: oh but even though norðurmyrin is not as nice or cute as 101, emiliana torrini just moved to the house next door. we live in number 8 and she lives in number 6. i can see it from my bedroom window haaaha weird:


endir.







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[info]unbotonsuelto
2008-08-28 05:02 pm UTC (link)
las casas son heeeeeeeeeermosas!!! yo quiero vivir en un lugar así...
felicitaciones por tu nuevo "hogar"
me enamoré de ese niño, que belleza!!!

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 05:59 pm UTC (link)
bueno, en invierno ya no dan tantas ganas de vivir allí :P
gracias por las felicitaciones, pero será dentro de un añito o así...
el niño es precioso, casi todos los niños son así de monos (;

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(no subject) - [info]unbotonsuelto, 2008-08-29 05:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]oblicua, 2008-08-29 08:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]unbotonsuelto, 2008-09-08 03:08 pm UTC

[info]spri
2008-08-28 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Un grosellero rojo en Reykjavik es el mas bueno :)

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 06:06 pm UTC (link)
las grosellas llevan en septiembre, creo, ¿no?
(:

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(no subject) - [info]spri, 2008-08-28 07:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]oblicua, 2008-08-29 08:46 pm UTC

[info]lupochet
2008-08-28 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Emilianaaaaa :_)

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 05:57 pm UTC (link)
tortelliniiii
grand'italiaaa

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(no subject) - [info]lupochet, 2008-08-28 06:01 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ciervo, 2008-08-28 07:44 pm UTC

[info]eggsandshells
2008-08-28 05:46 pm UTC (link)
Emiliana Torrini!!!! Wow!

Are you using the crib as a storage space? (in that shot with óttar at the table)

The houses are so so quaint.. I really like them :)

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 05:57 pm UTC (link)
oh! no no, we're still not living there, it's still his brother's house and he has a little baby who just moved to a real bed, that's why the crib's a mess :D i made a little note on the picture hee hee
we'll change all the decorations of course (:
(i had to look up the word quaint and i realized it's a perfect adjetive for the houses)

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[info]iamonlysleeping
2008-08-28 05:54 pm UTC (link)
ahhhhh everything and house are lovely

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 06:07 pm UTC (link)
:D
takk fyrir!

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[info]vatn
2008-08-28 06:39 pm UTC (link)
i love icelandic houses, they are really pretty... when the weather is dull, they look so bright and cheerful! the eighth house reminds me of the houses on snorrabraut (i think that's what the street is called?!); and because some of them are quite grey, the flowers look so colourful!

your future home looks great, i love the big windows! :)

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-28 06:43 pm UTC (link)
oh yes they're so bright :D
yes! exactly, nordurmyrin is just a big area on the other side of snorrabraut!
and my future house, it has even more huge windows in the same room!

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[info]ciervo
2008-08-28 07:48 pm UTC (link)
Es verdad, nunca habíamos visto las calles de reykjavík (he tenido que hacer copia y pega) me encanta que tengan tejaditos! y la de Björk? ella vive by the oooceeeaaaaan... (8) sabes cual es su casa? le harías una foto? n_n?
Yo vi en youtube su casa por dentro, en el programa de Mtv... es feísima! jajajaja el suelo de la cocina era cada uno de un color y las sillas igual...

y oye, en que casita tan bonita vas a vivir!
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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 08:52 pm UTC (link)
bueno, cuando vaya ahora haré más fotinis a casas, las hay moradas y turquesas y verdes y amarillas y rosas! intentaré reunir de todos los colores :D
björk sí que vive by the ocean, en un sitio que se llama west town (no sé cómo se llama en islandés), al lado de la hamburguesería más chula del universo que se llama hamborgara búllan. óttar creo que sabe dónde vive, o al menos aproximadamente. si no te hago una foto de todas las casas en la calle y alguna de ellas será :P
también te enseñaré más foticos de la casita bonita en la que voy a vivir (:
*:

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(no subject) - [info]oblicua, 2008-08-29 09:03 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ciervo, 2008-08-29 09:37 pm UTC

[info]tigermilkshake
2008-08-28 08:07 pm UTC (link)
Aw dang! It made me really REALLY miss Reykjavik now. What a lovely reportage though, takk!

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 08:53 pm UTC (link)
:D well im glad you liked the reportage, but not so glad that you really MISS it now...why don't you go again?

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[info]notapunk
2008-08-28 09:14 pm UTC (link)
por que te fuiste a islandia?

para mi queda tan lejos que es impensable si quiera visitar...

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 08:55 pm UTC (link)
mi novio es islandés y este año digamos que me toca a mí ir allí... él estuvo este año en barcelona.
de dónde eres?

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(no subject) - [info]notapunk, 2008-08-30 02:47 am UTC

[info]walkinginsong
2008-08-28 09:15 pm UTC (link)
that's what i miss most about reykjavík, the rainbow coloured houses. i also miss the food from á næstu grösum on laugavegur ):

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 08:56 pm UTC (link)
i didnt noticed you had me as friend, i added you back of course.
i can't remember this place you say, where was is it exactly?

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(no subject) - [info]walkinginsong, 2008-08-29 10:15 pm UTC

[info]potatopanda
2008-08-28 09:49 pm UTC (link)
hello. you don't know me and i don't know you. but i wanted to comment - i <3 iceland and really miss it (even though i had only visited for a few days). the architecture there is so cute

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:01 pm UTC (link)
hi potatopanda thanks for commenting, you can comment as much as you want of course (: yes the architecture tere is so cute but it's a shame that they're demolishing some of them to build horrible horrible things ):

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(no subject) - [info]potatopanda, 2008-08-30 01:26 pm UTC

[info]___scarpullaaa
2008-08-28 10:56 pm UTC (link)
you kill me with this photos, iceland is my favorite place.. i want to go so so so so so so so bad, you are very lucky.

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:09 pm UTC (link)
where are you from? is is hard getting to iceland from there?
you should check the flights in icelandexpress.com, sometimes they have some really cheap flights...

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[info]bjorkeira
2008-08-29 01:12 am UTC (link)
i wanna move to iceland too.

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:10 pm UTC (link)
why don't you do it?

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[info]lelooshka
2008-08-29 02:39 am UTC (link)
wow wow wow wow :P

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:12 pm UTC (link)
haha :D

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[info]annaemilia
2008-08-29 04:43 am UTC (link)
You lucky one!
Thanks for the pic from Baronsstigur, my old homestreet.

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:13 pm UTC (link)
oh girl i should have said hi sometime when i saw you around ):
do you plan to come back sometime?

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(no subject) - [info]annaemilia, 2008-08-30 08:32 am UTC

[info]pimpampum
2008-08-29 08:42 am UTC (link)
qué bonicas.
me encanta la negra de la segunda foto

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:18 pm UTC (link)
son preciosas, la negra es genial :D
ya haré más, ya verás qué chulis (:

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[info]loocy
2008-08-29 04:18 pm UTC (link)
a new place to own! yikesss
is it quiet there? it looks rly still and nice with big windows

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[info]oblicua
2008-08-29 09:18 pm UTC (link)
yes it's weird. and it's oh so quiet. and there's even more windows in the same room!

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[info]mylovinglist
2008-08-31 04:26 pm UTC (link)
La que dices que es 'one of your favourites' es, creo, la casa que sale en la primera polaroid que hice la primera vez que fui a islandia, así que supongo que también me gustó! (creo que tenía una maceta con planta muy bonita en el alfeizar por dentro, and that´s why).

Por cierto, vivimos (bueno, yo no!) cerca del edificio de la biblio (el rojo) de la uni, en Neshagi. Por dónde está tu casa? El barrio no sé donde está (más que nada porque no me sé los nombres...)

Ahora se ha puesto a llover!

Felicidades por el piso, tan bonito, y el plan islandés de hijos etc.

Te escribiré más email cuando pueda, bless bless!

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[info]oblicua
2008-09-21 01:39 pm UTC (link)
uah, es que la casa es genialísima. tengo otras favoritas, como una turquesa que hay por ahí por 101.
mi casa está por detrás de Snorrabraut (:
por cierto, ya estoy aquí, llegué el viernes.
¿qué te parece que quedemos esta semana? te voy a mandar un email por si acaso no ves esto...

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[info]colourcrayons
2008-09-01 12:17 am UTC (link)
eeek! im in love!

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[info]oblicua
2008-09-21 01:33 pm UTC (link)
take a plane!

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[info]girlgalaxies
2008-09-15 02:02 pm UTC (link)
hi. i really like your journal, your pictures are great.
hope its okay i add you :)

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[info]oblicua
2008-09-21 01:32 pm UTC (link)
it's no problem at all, thank you *:

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