Dr Bryony Mathew
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🇬🇧 British Ambassador to #Iceland 🇮🇸. Author of @AwesomeCareerBk . #diversity #inclusion #neuroscience #running @UKinIceland
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My view from the ✈️ as we took off from
#Reykjavik
this morning. Incredible to see the power of nature like this.
#Iceland
#eruption
#volcano
🌋
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What an amazing day! I got up at 4.40am to spend the morning hiking to and then sitting next to an erupting
#volcano
in the pouring rain 🌧. I loved every single minute. What a privilege to get to see
#nature
like this.
#Iceland
you are incredible!!! 🇮🇸 🌋
#icelandvolcano
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Another
#eruption
has started on the Reykjanes peninsula in
#Iceland
. Avoid the area, monitor local media and follow the authorities’ advice. The rest of Iceland is not affected. The picture below is the view from the Residence in downtown
#Reykjavik
.
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Absolutely delighted to be appointed as the next British Ambassador to Iceland 🇮🇸. I’m looking forward to getting to know this incredible country and working with the
@ukiniceland
team to further strengthen the great friendship between the
#UK
&
#Iceland
.
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Exciting day today - I went to Number 10 to collect my Credentials (formal letter from HM the Queen to appoint me as
#Ambassador
to
#Iceland
which I will take with me to
#Reykjavik
to present to the President of Iceland)
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Incredible northern lights in central
#Reykjavik
tonight. This is the view from my window right now!
#aurora
#Iceland
#AuroraBorealis
#nofilter
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I passed my
#Icelandic
exams!! They were tough! To anyone thinking of learning Icelandic I say definitely do. It’s not easy & takes time, but it’s absolutely worth the effort, it’s a brilliant
#language
. Exams may be over for me but I still have a LOT to learn!
#LanguageLearning
Preparing for my 🇮🇸
#Icelandic
exams in 10 days’ time… It’s a brilliant
#language
but I still have SO much to learn!
#Iceland
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First impressions of
#Reykjavik
: incredible! What a fabulous city. Feeling very lucky to get to live in
#Iceland
🇮🇸
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Super efficient operation by
#Iceland
to
#vaccinate
5-11 year olds in
#Reykjavik
today. Even showing children’s programmes to make the experience as easy as possible for children. My two have now had their first
#CovidVaccine
. Thank you!
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I love
#Iceland
- today it has reached a balmy 5 degrees C and everyone is sitting outside!
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I love how you can just turn a corner in the middle of
#Reykjavik
#Iceland
and see absolutely stunning
#mountains
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Preparing for my 🇮🇸
#Icelandic
exams in 10 days’ time… It’s a brilliant
#language
but I still have SO much to learn!
#Iceland
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Every few years,
#diplomats
and their families pack their lives into boxes and head off on their next adventure. Today it’s our turn and I couldn’t be more excited. Next week we’re moving to
#Iceland
! 🇮🇸
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On board
@HMSPWLS
in
#Reykjavik
today. As you can see, I rather enjoyed trying out the Captain’s seat - what a place to work!
@RoyalNavy
@UKinIceland
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First day of work
@UKinIceland
today! I’m still
#Ambassador
-designate until I present my credentials to the President tomorrow, but am delighted to be getting started today.
#Reykjavik
#Iceland
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Quite incredible to be able to see the
#volcano
erupting from our home in
#Reykjavik
! 🇮🇸🌋
#icelandvolcano
#Iceland
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Today is
#IcelandicLanguageDay
! Exactly one year ago today I had my first
#Icelandic
lesson. I still have a long way to go, but I do have a favourite word… handleggur! ⬇️
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Just back from a week driving around
#Iceland
. Here are my favourite photos - how amazing is Iceland?!
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It’s a lovely sunny ☀️ 8 degrees in
#Reykjavik
this afternoon, definitely time for G&T in the garden!
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Great fun to meet my Japanese counterpart
@SUZUKIRyotaro1
today. We talked about all sorts of things from Covid to trade to Twitter to learning
#Icelandic
to swimming pools, but mainly just how happy we are to be posted as
#Ambassadors
to
#Iceland
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Our flag flies at half mast in Reykjavik. Thank you for all of the messages of support we are receiving from people in Iceland.
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It’s now 1 year since we arrived in Iceland 🇮🇸! What a privilege to get to live and work in this awe inspiring country. Thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome, it’s been an incredible year. Here’s to even more exciting
#UK
-
#Iceland
collaborations next year!
@UKinIceland
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Good morning
#Reykjavik
! It may be rather dark here at the moment, but it’s also really beautiful.
#Iceland
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It’s 20 years ago today that my incredible Dad died suddenly and unexpectedly. He always taught me “anything is possible” and that is why I am what I am today. I so wish I could have showed him Iceland 🇮🇸, he would have absolutely loved it.
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I was very well looked after on
@HMS_Richmond
and I know this will seem trivial to anyone in the
@RoyalNavy
or who has worked at sea, but I liked the idea of using cling film to stop the
#coffee
spilling so much that I asked to take a photo!
#RoyalNavy
#Iceland
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I tried grjónagrautur for first time today and loved it. Two questions: 1. When is this normally eaten, is it a breakfast food or more for lunch (or dinner) time? 2. What should I mix into it?
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Stunning day in
#Reykjavik
for the first day of
#summer
! Just learnt why it’s the first day of summer today, in April: the year used to just be split into summer and winter in
#Iceland
, they didn’t bother with spring and autumn. Kept it nice and simple!
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It was a huge honour to present my credentials to
@PresidentISL
and I am delighted to now officially start my role as British Ambassador to
#Iceland
On 24 August, Dr
@BryonyMathew
presented her credentials from Her Majesty the Queen to President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson which means that she is now officially the new British Ambassador to Iceland.
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The Norwegian
#Ambassador
to Iceland
@AudLise
has raised
#diplomacy
to a whole new level with her
#knitting
! She has knitted me this absolutely incredible
#Icelandic
lopapeysa. How’s that for 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇮🇸 relationship building?! Thank you!! 👏🏽
#knittingdiplomacy
#lopapeysaproject
First chapter in
#knittingdiplomacy
🇳🇴🇬🇧🇮🇸🏳️🌈is finished,
@BryonyMathew
.
#lopapeysaproject
will continue -maybe even with a new chapter of
#knittingdiplomacy
.
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On
#DayOfTheGirl
my message to my 13-year-old self would be: “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Anything is possible.”
#SheLeads
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3 months ago today we arrived in
#Iceland
. Here are four of my favourite photos. My thoughts after 3 months? Iceland is AMAZING.
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“What do
#Ambassadors
do?” Sometimes they get to go and learn how the awesome
@RoyalMarines
train in
#Iceland
. The
#RoyalMarines
are the world’s most elite amphibious force. Thank you
@42_commando
🇬🇧 and the Icelandic Coast Guard 🇮🇸 for taking me along!
#RoyalNavy
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Strong support for
#Ukraine
here in
#Iceland
where buildings are being lit up in yellow and blue. The UK 🇬🇧 and Iceland 🇮🇸
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦
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And last night we followed the recommendation to try “pylsur” for dinner. My son said “wow, these are the best hot dogs in the whole world”, so that was a pretty good start to our
#Icelandic
#food
experience! What should we try next? Recommendations please!
#iceland
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Stunning frozen
#waterfall
at sunrise in
#Iceland
🇮🇸 this morning, less than 40 mins from
#Reykjavik
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Just told my 7 year-old son that I’m going to the Norwegian 🇳🇴 national Day reception tonight.
His response: “Will the Ambassador be singing Give that wolf a banana?”.
Well
@AudLise
……..?
@NorwayinIceland
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#running
in
#iceland
is amazing - this is just outside the centre of
#reykjavik
!
#inspiredbyiceland
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By the age of 6, many children think
#girls
aren’t as good at
#science
as boys. This is just WRONG. I wrote my
@AwesomeCareerBk
to show that girls can do anything. Today is the
#InternationalDayOfWomenInScience
, the perfect day to remind everyone that
#scienceisforeveryone
.
#STEM
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Days are getting noticeably longer here in
#Reykjavik
, this was taken at 8.30am this morning. Not long ago it was still pitch black at this time.
#Iceland
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Downtown
#Reykjavik
this morning. Pic on the left is the view to my left, pic on the right the view to my right. Wow.
#Iceland
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Doing last minute revision for my C1
#Icelandic
#exams
which start this afternoon while looking out over lovely snowy
#Reykjavik
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Today I saw the phenomenal skills of Iceland’s
#helicopter
pilots and Search & Rescue experts by joining their training. I was winched into a helicopter, landed on an island, ran to the sea, swam out and was then pulled onto a RIB. Absolutely Incredible
#Iceland
#SAR
🇮🇸
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New
#eruption
just started in
#Iceland
. I’m up for an early flight and this is the view so far from the domestic airport. Looks like similar area to the last eruption, but information only just starting to come in. Follow
@almannavarnir
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Winter lights are being put up in
#Reykjavik
! I love this time of year with frost on the ground and the most incredible colours in the sky.
#Iceland
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Women of
#Iceland
🇮🇸💪🏽
Today we repeat the event of the first full day women’s strike since 1975, marking the day when 90% of Icelandic women took the day off from both work and domestic duties, leading to pivotal change including the world’s first female elected president of a country
#kvennaverkfall
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It’s time! I have been wanting to read Independent People by Halldór Laxness for so long and have now finally found time. Icelanders tell me it will give me an insight into
#Icelandic
thinking and approach to life. I’m intrigued!
#Iceland
#Literature
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Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas from us all at the British Embassy in
#Reykjavik
! 🎄🇬🇧🎄🇮🇸🎄
@UKinIceland
#Iceland
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Done! What a great
#race
, right through the centre of
#Reykjavik
! Víðavangshlaup ÍR 🧡
#running
in
#Iceland
!
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An incredibly sad day for the UK and many people around the world as we mourn the death of Her Majesty the Queen. I have just been to Buckingham Palace where huge crowds have gathered. My family & I send our deepest condolences to His Majesty The King and to the
@RoyalFamily
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Wishing all
#Icelanders
near or far a very happy 🇮🇸 National Day. Gleðilega þjóðhátíð!
#Iceland
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What a great event
@icelandnoir
in
#reykjavik
tonight!
@ragnarjo
talked to awesome
#British
author
@AnnCleeves
about all things
#crime
#fiction
. Lovely to hear Ann talk about her work and areas in the north of
#England
I know so well like lovely Whitley Bay.
#CrimeFiction
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Still can’t believe that I can finish a day of work and then 15 minutes later, be
#running
in places like this! 💙
#Reykjavik
💙
#Iceland
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🇬🇧 🇳🇴 🇨🇦
#Ambassadors
to
#Iceland
enjoying the weather during our
#walkingdiplomacy
meeting in
#Reykjavik
just now. Thanks for the initiative
@AudLise
and
@jmenzies01
, look forward to doing that again soon!
#Diplomacy
#womenindiplomacy
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Just been for a lovely early morning
#run
(and walk in the particularly steep bits!) up Mount Esja
#Reykjavik
#Iceland
⛰
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Even when it’s snowing sideways and -4 degrees, there are few places better to be on a Saturday than in a hotpot in
#Iceland
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