Turns to new adventures
One of the old and green stores in the city center will then stop operations. The Glass Sales began its operations in November 1961 and was then on Laugavegur 12. In 1973, the store moved to Laugaveg 65. The glass sale will cease operations on June 30 and it is uncertain what kind of operation will be in the house after that.
Rüdiger Thor Seidenfaden grew up in Hannover, Germany. In 1979, he completed a junior degree as a optician and two years later he moved to Iceland and began working in the glasses.
« People come here because they like the service and we have had a solid group of customers. Now I am at age, 68 years old.
Health is a part of this decision, but Rüdiger has been a heartache since 2010. « There are heart disease in the family. Germany in Covid, I got a heartbeat.
Rüdiger came here in 1981 to work in vocational studies. « Coincidentally I saw an ad from Iceland and when I had worked in the store this year I was asked if I wanted to extend. I did and met my wife, who was a store manager in the store. It was a fairy tale to meet my big love. »
He says he is not on his way back to Germany. « Recently, customers have come and asked: Are you going to move home? The answer to that: I came here 44 years ago. My family is here. As a boy, I heard about the volcanic eruptions in Iceland and they aroused my interest in the country.
Called to the military
He had been in Iceland a few years when he was called in the German army. « My mom got a letter of guarantee announcing that I was called in the army. I lived in Iceland, had just bought an apartment, a small child came and I was indebted. Memory.
Rüdiger’s father fought for four years in Russia during World War II. « A few years ago I got his diary from the Russian years and I published a small book with the diary entries. I cried when I read the last pages.
Dad smuggled footage from the fronts, and there are 180 photographs he took. In 1953, it was decided that he and his school brothers from the 1921 cohort would meet. Of the 200 boys, two, Dad and the other met.
In Russia, Dad was in a 52 degree frost. The frost never left his body and he picked up warm and good weather. He was a great Italy and we spent every year for three to five weeks in Italy. «
Works to a photo book
Rüdiger has been walking mountain hiking and performs forestry in Fljótshlíð. He has made three photo books with pictures of all churches in Iceland. « I’m going to make one more photo book about Icelandic churches that no longer stand. It is a lot of work and in recent years I have been collecting pictures in this book.
Rüdiger will therefore soon turn to new projects. As he himself says: « From now on, I am happy with life and turn to new adventures. »
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