but very much edible. The biggest cotton candy I’ve ever seen…. Or
if you are Australian: Fairy Floss
Iceland’s most Haunted House
Also Out of this World. Abandoned, unforgiving, and definitely haunted, according to my friends who tried to stay the night here where they experienced an out of this world happening, during their overnight stay in this abandoned house.
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Hi Amanda. You got me curious on the haunted house in Iceland.. I tried looking up online but the only result that seems to match with your pic is the haunted house in northern Reykjavik, could it be the one you’re writing about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6f%C3%B0i
I’d be very scared to go in any time of the day, and all that snow and dark atmosphere convinces me even more that the house must be haunted hehe.
Hi Pooja! No it is not the Hofdi house which is where the Presidents famously met! It is on the ring road up north from Rejkjavik, a couple of hours drive. It is in a very isolated and creepy spot. Even more creepy in winter. My friend had a very scary experience there when she was a young woman, and she won’t go back.
Sounds creepy and interesting at the same time, Amanda. But also unsurprising for a nation that believes so much in folklore and elves, and has wide empty spaces everywhere!
I’d have loved to see the haunted house when we visited Iceland, but we weren’t really there long enough to find all these interesting places. I don’t think I’d have wanted to stay overnight in the house, though… I’m also wondering whether the ‘ghosts’ were none other than the pesky elves that seem to be everywhere in Iceland!
Isn’t it funny how many names we have, worldwide, for the fluffy pink stuff, We call it candy floss in the UK – but I much prefer “old lady’s hair”, as mentioned by Peggy, above. (Perhaps mine would look like that if it was pink!)
Thanks, Sally. So nice of you to take the time to comment. Are to coping with the sudden not of cold weather? I am so pleased dinner is officially over even though it will be very warm for some time yet.
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Thank you Chris!
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In India they call fairy floss ‘old lady’s hair’.
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Hah…that is a funny name!
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at first I thought its a PINK tornado 😉
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Haha! That would be a good name for it on the Cotton Candy Menu!!
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Lol 😄😂😞
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Hi Amanda. You got me curious on the haunted house in Iceland.. I tried looking up online but the only result that seems to match with your pic is the haunted house in northern Reykjavik, could it be the one you’re writing about?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6f%C3%B0i
I’d be very scared to go in any time of the day, and all that snow and dark atmosphere convinces me even more that the house must be haunted hehe.
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Hi Pooja! No it is not the Hofdi house which is where the Presidents famously met! It is on the ring road up north from Rejkjavik, a couple of hours drive. It is in a very isolated and creepy spot. Even more creepy in winter. My friend had a very scary experience there when she was a young woman, and she won’t go back.
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Sounds creepy and interesting at the same time, Amanda. But also unsurprising for a nation that believes so much in folklore and elves, and has wide empty spaces everywhere!
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I thought the same as you Pooja. The Icelanders have s reputation for superstitions.
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Or it could have been a pink cyclone…
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Imagine that!!
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Gigantic pink! Love the comment of a tornado…And that haunted house I have never heard of. Must go there next time we go to Iceland!
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Be prepared for some unsettling feelings if you do go there, Anne-christine!!
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I will…
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I’d have loved to see the haunted house when we visited Iceland, but we weren’t really there long enough to find all these interesting places. I don’t think I’d have wanted to stay overnight in the house, though… I’m also wondering whether the ‘ghosts’ were none other than the pesky elves that seem to be everywhere in Iceland!
Isn’t it funny how many names we have, worldwide, for the fluffy pink stuff, We call it candy floss in the UK – but I much prefer “old lady’s hair”, as mentioned by Peggy, above. (Perhaps mine would look like that if it was pink!)
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Candy floss is a combination of the American and Australian names, hey Millie! There are loads of elves and Jule Lads – 13 of them I believe, but the reference to the ghost was something quite different, something quite sinister, Millie!! You can read a little more here: https://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/daily-prompt-fright-night-haunted-house/
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Enjoyed your interpretation with the selection of cotton candy.
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Thanks, Sally. So nice of you to take the time to comment. Are to coping with the sudden not of cold weather? I am so pleased dinner is officially over even though it will be very warm for some time yet.
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