Monday, February 28, 2011

Reykjavík, February 28

Another couple of weeks have gone by, so time for an update of the day-to-day life here!

This city literally has pretty skies every single day!
At a bar downtown!

Sometimes you just have to take pictures with the polar bears on the street
An intense conversation between some of the people I live with!
Emily's Bacon Cup...
... that she gave to the birthday boy
At a friend's house
Two of the greatest Gamli people!
And two more!

Mom & Randi's Visit!

From February 19-22, my mother & sister visited me! They stayed at the beautiful & friendly Centrehotel Klopp, and had a few adventures!

A pretty house Mom wanted a picture of
Reykjavik



Feeding the birds





House of Guinness, downtown Reykjavik
Cemetery in Reykjavik


My favourite backyard!
Randi feeding the ducks

Sheep's head!
Klopp
Icelandic Fish & Chips!


Monday, February 21, 2011

Aurora Borealis!

On February 20, my mom and I went on a tour to see the Northern Lights. We went out to Þingvellir National Park on a tour with Reykjavik Excursions. The few nights before had had some great sightings, leading to seven buses holding 65 people each venturing out around Reykjavik to track down the Lights. We drove around for a bit, ended up at the highest point we could reach in the park, and stopped for between 1 1/2 and 2 hours to watch the sky. It was crazy - you could turn your back for 20 seconds, and when you turned back around the sky had completely changed! The following are some of the pictures!