Only in Iceland...

I have been trying to collect little quirks about living in Iceland which are different than from Canada. So here is my list so far:

1. A yellow traffic light means slow down AND speed up. And red lights are optional.

2. You look forward to expired food in the grocery stores because then it goes on sale.

3. You can have official alcohol drinking contests (apparently there was one somewhere in the northern part of the country, and several of the contestants were underage)

4. You will have sun, rain, wind, snow, hail, sleat (though no thunder or lightning, seems weird to go a year without a thunder storm) all in one day.

5. You can drink as much alcohol as you can on weekends and that is considered normal, but if you drink during the week you are considered an alcoholic.

6. In Canada you would predrink at 9pm, go to the bar at 11pm and come home at 2am. In Iceland, you predrink at 12am, go to the bar at 2am and come home at 6am.

7. You do not drink alcohol at dinner, even holiday dinners. You drink pop or coffee.

8. You can buy not only water and power drinks at the pool or athletic areas, but also pop, chocolate milk and all kinds of coffee as well (don't they dehydrate you?)

9. If you need to ask for information for anything, never ask the people that it is their job to know the answers, because they won't know.

10. Icelanders are so trusting that they would leave their laptop on a table in a cafe and leave for a half an hour and return and not fear it to be missing. Or they would ask a complete stranger to watch over their kiosk at a flea market while they leave for 10 mins. BUT their bikes are stolen and their $200 boots are snatched at the pool.

11. People will dress up in their best clothing to go study at the library. You actually feel like a hippy if you are wear comfortable jeans and a sweat shirt.

Well that is it for now.. this list will grow more, just can't think of anything more at the moment.