Iceland

I have been reminiscing about Iceland.

Mainly because it is blizzardy outside but I have a picture of the Vestmannaeyjar islands that I bought on my computer. It is a nice painting print from a local artist. And like you should know by now, I support artists when I can, even local Icelandic ones. :)

I also bought a clay drunk puffin with a bottle of Brennivin, a local schnapps, aka "Black Death". Yum. :) The puffin was made by an ex-patriot Canadian who was also friends of an ex-patriot American I met there. Good people. She makes good pizza too. :)

The other drink that was popular was Hot and Sweet, a dark licorice liquor that burned going down but had a nice after effect, even though it tasted like licorice. :) Not a big fan of licorice, I must say, but liked the Hot & Sweet.

Anyway, I am reminded of the 3-day festival I attended and rather enjoyed myself, debauchery and all. :)

Let me see if I can show you the name of the festival (pauses a few moments while writing to get the right font): þjóðhátið (pronounced Thee-awth-ha-teeth)

Ah, I miss that language. It is so complex but makes a lot of sense once you get used to it. :)

Needless to say, I plan on going back for festival in the next few years (I hope). It is the first weekend of August and is a blast. Plus, I have a place to stay there if I so choose. Go me! Eva and Pauli are good people and were fun to hang out with.

I guess finding the 3 weeks that I would want to spend there will be the hard part, though I think I could get away with 2 weeks and this time around I can go check out the fjords to the NW of the island, after, of course, the festival.

And I sure wish there was some Müsli and Skyr for breakfast around here...yum!

And the trip to Bláa Lónið (Blue Lagoon) was unforgettable.

Ah...too many things to try to explain as to why I want to return!

þakka fyrir og góða nótt!