Back in Spring 2012, Jules told me about an idea for a nice trip. We were both in France, and our talk was all about Politics. At home we were voting for our next President and so the topic was on everyone´s lips, ours included. Crisis, debt, banks, Europe. The word economy seems to define everything in all of our futures.
Jules has read something about Iceland having led a silent revolution for the last few years, as huge changes were made in the political and economic system to put an end to a massive debt crisis. It seems like they sent their most powerful bankers to court after an agreement was made between the banks and the government to allow debt forgiveness while they left international creditors to deal with their failed loans on their own – removing all responsibility from the Icelandic people. Neither of us is sure if we completely understand the situation, but in this moment of political madness we think it’s justification enough to go there on a windsurfing trip.