David D. Coughanowr, an engineer, built himself a home modelled after a 19th century Icelandic house, reports news website Vísir. David has been visiting Iceland since he was a child and claims to be the unofficial ambassador of Iceland in his hometown of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
David first visited Iceland with his parents in 1973, when he was twelve years old.
“My parents were moving to Switzerland for a year and we flew over on Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines, which even in 1973 was giving a stop-over [in Iceland] with trips to Europe,” he recalls.
I feel like an Icelander who was born into the passport of an American.
Over the past couple of decades David has visited Iceland roughly forty times and even owns a small flat in Reykjavík. During one of those trips David bought a souvenir to bring back home: a miniature replica of the house that had once stood on Þingholtsstræti 9.
The house David built is approximately ten percent bigger than the original house, which was built in 1846. The small, wooden building sticks out from surrounding houses, especially because of its cherry red roof which was the subject of some dispute among David’s neighbours.
When asked whether he feels like he’s been born in the wrong country, David says: “I feel like an Icelander who was born into the passport of an American. But I’m certainly happy for all the opportunities America has given me.”
Watch the full interview here: www.visir.is/reisir-islenskt-19.-aldar-hus-a-cape-cod-i-bandarikjunum/article/2014140218928
American engineer, David D. Coughanowr, has visited Iceland roughly forty times over the past nineteen years. He has now built a home modelled after a souvenir he bought in Reykjavík many years ago.
David D. Coughanowr, an engineer, built himself a home modelled after a 19th century Icelandic house, reports news website Vísir. David has been visiting Iceland since he was a child and claims to be the unofficial ambassador of Iceland in his hometown of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
David first visited Iceland with his parents in 1973, when he was twelve years old.
“My parents were moving to Switzerland for a year and we flew over on Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines, which even in 1973 was giving a stop-over [in Iceland] with trips to Europe,” he recalls.
I feel like an Icelander who was born into the passport of an American.
Over the past couple of decades David has visited Iceland roughly forty times and even owns a small flat in Reykjavík. During one of those trips David bought a souvenir to bring back home: a miniature replica of the house that had once stood on Þingholtsstræti 9.
The house David built is approximately ten percent bigger than the original house, which was built in 1846. The small, wooden building sticks out from surrounding houses, especially because of its cherry red roof which was the subject of some dispute among David’s neighbours.
When asked whether he feels like he’s been born in the wrong country, David says: “I feel like an Icelander who was born into the passport of an American. But I’m certainly happy for all the opportunities America has given me.”
Watch the full interview here: www.visir.is/reisir-islenskt-19.-aldar-hus-a-cape-cod-i-bandarikjunum/article/2014140218928
