[mellow rock music] folks here support each other. they re unusually comfortable getting naked with friends in a cauldron of magma. but what would it be like if i actually lived here? i need the perspective of someone who, like me, started off as an outsider. - you re going to the left here. yeah, it s kind of a little street because we re almost there. into this parking lot. - i m trusting the navigation skills of jewells chambers, a brooklyn native who moved here six years ago after marrying an icelandic psychologist. that s a big move from dating and loving this icelandic therapist, and, like, i m going to move to reykjavík. - yeah. i ve been very fortunate, and i ve loved it. and i ve had such a great time, like, getting some insight about icelandic families
- [laughs] - it s tempting to pick up your life and move somewhere else. i won t be hitting the reset button anytime soon, but it s a nice thought. for jewells, happiness in iceland is as simple as finding a place where she can be herself. - blue lagoon. - blue lagoon. - fun time. - always. - i can t imagine anything more powerful than that.
and all these things. - i am so thrilled to be talking to you. you re like the icelandic expert. - i wouldn t say that, but i definitely feel like i have a unique perspective. - jewells shares her insights on her social media channels all things iceland. - here are five habits of icelanders visitors might find strange. - today we re puttering around reykjavík on a. - ísbíltúr. - ísbíltúr. - yeah. - or ice cream road trip. the description is epic, the company is great, and jewells is convincing me that, despite my early resistance to the idea, everything will work itself out. so you ve been here almost six years. how do you feel that this place has affected you? - i definitely find myself being a lot more flexible. so icelanders have this saying called [icelandic expression]. and when i first heard it, i was kind of annoyed.