England and Ireland

Our neighbor and good friend, Guðmundr Sturluson, came for a visit today and to encourage us to settle somewhere new. He told us of England, a country full of small kingdoms and mixed cultures. It is a very secure place to settle, and has many small villages to choose from. Another place he told us about was York. Jórvíkingar sounded very appealing in its access to luxury goods and the importance of craft manufacturing there. As for Ireland, there is always in warfare, so it does not sound like a very safe place to settle.

~Aldís~