Selfoss and Eyglo
Posted by Anne , Thursday, June 3, 2010 1:16 PM
(this is skyr and granoooola, an awesome breakfast @:)
Anyways, one day we went out to feed the horses only to find that there are no horses. But we had a looooooot of apple slice and stolen sugar cubes from the cafeteria so if they come 'round again i'll be there...waiting. well not really because i'll have to walk there but anyways. you get the point. In selfoss we got some things for smores and a couple of groceries for the everyday, we also tried to go to a cafe but that didn't really work out either. Buuuuut Julbecca got some 'Cool American' Doritos which was baaasically cool ranch but I guess American makes more sense?So basically, the days kind of go the same, there's class in the morning and then occasionally we go out in the afternoon or we take time in the afternoon to take a walk,etc but it really just depends on what people are feeling for the day. This past tuesday we went to Selfoss which is the closest 'bigger city' compared to Skalholt and there's a college there so there's a bit more going on. We went to a grocery store and a Bonus which is kiiiind of like a grocery store but kiiiinda not. But anyway, a view of selfoss = look at the semi suvs yaaaaaaaaaaay hahahaha
Regardless the next day we had class again but we started learning about the Norse myths and they are AWESOME. It's kind of like when I had Irish Literature and the myths/stories passed on orally that valued the ideas of Honor and Family. Which isn't surprisingly because apparently when Norse youth went viking (it's actually a verb and NOT a people, people went viking to gain wealth for themselves to start a family...not always for the hell of it) they would take a lot of Irish ladies back to Iceland/Norway with them. Long story short, I'm learning looots about Icelandic history and mythology and the more I learn the more I connect similar motifs and story ideas with all different religions of the world.
For instance the Yggdrasil of the Norse (it's basically a world system connected by various planes including a "heavenly" field and an underworld of sorts) is very similar to the Yaxche of the Mayan and both trees represent a world structure with an eagle/heaven at the top and a underworld at the bottom. Also, there are some similarities to the Norse myths and some of the Russian Fairytales i've read in the past. In other words, if anyone would like to compare and contrast mythology/religious literature i'll be more than willing hahaha Also, THOR IS AWESOME.
(Eyglo is sooo goodlooking)Also, we got a visit from Eyglo who is soooo naturally attractive it's kiiiind of amazing. Eyglo is the head editor for Iceland Review Online and it's one of the most widely read websites for Icelandic news to the outside world. It was pretty awesome that we got to meet her and she was so nice! She was very patient and sweet and open to questions. Previously we had met Balwin (pronounced baldvin) who was a grandchild of one of the employees at Skalholt and he came over and we played with kites and ate smores and he ended up staying over that night and provided us all with good entertainment.
In conclusion, Iceland is still awesome and though it's a bit of a challenge co-ordinating everything it's still worth it aaaaaand I've never slept so hard in my life. it's refreshing :)
hope everything's going well there!
-Anne.
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i miss you :) and i just want you to know that you better have the BEST photo album.... or wait, albumsssssssssss by the time you get back. we will celebrate your homecoming! i miss you annieeeee, enjoy the horsies & pretty people!