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Reykjavik, Iceland has much in common with Flagstaff. In preparation for a March trip, one visitor was told that almost everything was within a five-minute walk, but to dress warmly because of the snow. Add in a national financial crisis, unemployment, bank failures, home foreclosures, commitment to green living, and dramatic mountain landscapes and the similarities multiply. For a small island country (just under 40,000 square miles), Iceland does things big. In 2010, Eyjafjallajokull … [Read more...] about Are Icelanders the New Polish?