Everyone here is good-looking
Posted by Anne , Sunday, June 6, 2010 5:55 AM
(first view of Reykjavik)
So to finish off the week, the whole group heading to the capital city for one night, two days and explore the wonders that were there. Reykjavik was a lot different then what I expected it to be because it was very much so like Amsterdam (or what I think Amsterdam looks like) and NYC but very different still. It's hard to describe but the entire time I kept thinking,"i'm in another country" hahaha Anyways, we got there around 10, met up with Maria Sol who Dr. Novak has known for a while (got invited to a party), and went to the Alþingi (pronounced All-thing-gee) which is parliament/government for them and got an exclusive tour of the inside and learned a lot about the history behind the building,etc. and the addition of the more modern half that helps with security,etc...
(inside the althingi)
(look at the Icelandic elderly behind me!)
Afterwards we headed out to explore more of the downtown area and eat some lunch, which we got Icelandic Hotdogs in Reykjavik that are supposedly the best hotdogs around so we haaaad to get some and I got mine with fried onions and mustard instead of all the fixins'. The mustard was kind of like a cross between dijon mustard and honey mustard so it was super tasty.
(look at the Icelandic elderly behind me!)After that we went to the City Hostel which was really the only way we were able to spend an evening in Reykjavik because it's so expensive. Luckily it was around 6 to a room so we split up pretty easily and didn't have to worry about our things getting stolen etc haha It was weird staying in the hostel because it was kiiind of like dorm life but with a lot more kids and asian ladies. The whole room pretty much conked out after we got settled in before heading back out to travel the city in groups and seeing sites amongst ourselves.
(a taste of downtown)
(a taste of downtown)We walked around alot and I got several trinkets for different folks but there's always a bit of sticker shock because things are in the 1,000s instead of 10.00s haha so it takes a bit getting used to. We also stopped by a Christian Bookstore that Michelle heard about from Dr.G and we had a snack there. We also found out that the guy running the shop is from CHARLOTTE! how cool is that? He came up and talked with us about how he came to Iceland,etc...turns out he's next door neighbors with Jonsi, who apparently walks around in Sherlock Holmes clothing and is painfully shy. We walked around a bit more and got a little more acquainted with the downtown area and then we to a pizza place for dinner where there was a SUPER CUTE pizza guy...like he could have been a model he was soooo good-looking. The food was super tasty and we ended up heading back to the hostel before heading back out for Maria Sol's party at her place near downtown Reykjavik. The party was fun and there were some cool people there that we got to talk to and see how their lives were in Iceland. Though that evening when we got back everyone all but passed out from going for so long.
i'll continue this to day two in Reykjavik after class but i've got to go!
much love
-Anne.
much love
-Anne.
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