Mixed fortune
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selenakAlas, I must have done something to annoy Thor. Bad wheather today, so bad, in fact, that I couldn’t fly to Akureyri as had been planned – the storm was too strong. Which meant that my contact No.2 drove me all the way, which in turn meant I was in the car until just now. Mind you, after about an hour the rain cleared up and even though it was still extremely windy, I got to admire the plains and mountains of Iceland in sunshine. The brown grass almost glowed golden, and the black mountains, which came to be covered in snow the further north we drove, with their flat tops, continue to look like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Lava stone and snow, this combination is just so strange and alluring.
En route, I also got to eat my first Icelandic food. More or less. You see, living in an apartment meant I did my own shopping, and since I don’t speak Icelandic, I departed from my when in Rome, do as the Romans do custom and bought what I recognized. Anyway, when we stopped at a typical gas-station-cum-restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised because instead of generic Hamburgers and French Fries, there was a small buffet. The lady in charge told us she’d been in Copenhagen recently where they weighed dishes and charged her a fortune at the buffet but that we were welcome to help us to as many portions as we’d like at her inn. So I went for salmon, potatoes, some noodle/unidentifyable ham combination, and the black bread I heard about so often, the one they bake in the warm earth. All of which was good. The black bread tastes vaguely sweet, but not too much so. And the water was free which might be self-evident when you’re American or Italian, but not if you’re German.
Thankfully, before I fly back tomorrow to Rejkvavik (if I fly back?), there will be time enough to see something of Akureyri which is described in all guides as very beautiful. Right now, the storm still rages, though sans rain, or rather, snow – here snow is everywhere and the streets are covered with ice. Right now, I have to get ready to further justify my invitation here. Bless.
En route, I also got to eat my first Icelandic food. More or less. You see, living in an apartment meant I did my own shopping, and since I don’t speak Icelandic, I departed from my when in Rome, do as the Romans do custom and bought what I recognized. Anyway, when we stopped at a typical gas-station-cum-restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised because instead of generic Hamburgers and French Fries, there was a small buffet. The lady in charge told us she’d been in Copenhagen recently where they weighed dishes and charged her a fortune at the buffet but that we were welcome to help us to as many portions as we’d like at her inn. So I went for salmon, potatoes, some noodle/unidentifyable ham combination, and the black bread I heard about so often, the one they bake in the warm earth. All of which was good. The black bread tastes vaguely sweet, but not too much so. And the water was free which might be self-evident when you’re American or Italian, but not if you’re German.
Thankfully, before I fly back tomorrow to Rejkvavik (if I fly back?), there will be time enough to see something of Akureyri which is described in all guides as very beautiful. Right now, the storm still rages, though sans rain, or rather, snow – here snow is everywhere and the streets are covered with ice. Right now, I have to get ready to further justify my invitation here. Bless.
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Date: 2003-11-07 06:05 pm (UTC)um hæð og sund í drottins ást og friði;
kyssi þið, bárur! bát á fiskimiði,
blási þið, vindar! hlýtt á kinnum fríðum.
Little potatoes? And the salmon! And the bread. I never went to Akureyri although I wanted to. My mother in law was from there. My husband's family was originally from Skagafjord, I think. Hope your weather improves!