July 5, 2011 Rememberance of 1967 in Iceland
Today is my birthday but it brings back a memory that my "Icelandic mother" made for me many years ago. After I arrived in Iceland , I turned 18 several days later. It is still difficult to be away from home at that age, although you think you are all grown up. I remember being tired after those few days, “jet lag” as I would call it. Iceland is five hours ahead of us. Mamma heard me mention something about a song that I liked. She was fluent in German along with her native Icelandic and spoke some broken English. We taught each other. So she had a record that she put on the stereo and turned it up so I would hear it. “Upon the Roof” played and made me feel right at home. I loved the other songs too. It was instrumental by Percy Faith and his orchestra. What can you do, but get up to that? I got up and went out to the living room to smiling faces. It was the weekend and both mamma and pabbi were home. We ate breakfast together. They were 14 years olde