We're back again from our trip. The night pictures were taken early this morning. We stayed overnight in the cabin you can see the window of. The Islands are the Westman Islands just off the south coast on our way back to town. More pictures to come. Meanwhile here and here are pictures from our last trip last summer

I might just be on my way after all to where they have fully equipped kitchens like this one.

As soon as you have learned how to walk you are put into countless layers of clothing, winter shoes that are at least one number to big and thrown into a pit full of sand dunes where you are expected to show off your skills.

You wouldn't want to sit too close to someone like me.

sja - see, in Icelandic (sjá)
titta - see, in Swedish
bäää - could you pass me some of that grass, in Sheep
tss - cat, in Swedish/Icelandic (kisse/kisa)
esi - apple, in Icelandic (epli)
da - fell, in Icelandic (datt)
ba - light, in Swedish (lampa)
mamma - Mom, in Swedish
(of course though it's spelled the same in Icelandic)
pappa - Dad, in Swedish
(I only use it to talk about dad when he's not around not to get his attention)
nei nei nei - no no no (Mom and Dad uses it a lot these days)
ada - watch out, in Swedish (akta)
a - hot, in Swedish (varmt)

Dad wouldn't lend me his vespa so I had to walk all the way to my friends house last night. I have never walked that far in my life before. It was half a block.

Today it was raining so heavily in Iceland you could hardly see out. We are thinking about going on a weekend trip but the accommodation in the middle of nowhere is fully booked. No wonder. You could have a toilet with a view like this one.

The pictures are form left to right Stóra-Núps kirkja in South Iceland (almost in downtown Selfoss), Safnarkirkjan, Akureyri (in the north) and a detail from the painting in the ceiling of the church in Flatey.

Today I went to the Icelandic Karate Championships. Don't worry they didn't let me compete. They even got a baby barrier this year to keep me out of the ring.

Icelanders didn't go trick or treat yesterday. There was a rumour prices would go up by 25% on beer and wine today so people stood in lines outside the Government liquor stores. They had to let people into the stores in smaller groups. Then as it turns out the prices were only raised by a little more than 5%. People are also buying a lot more food than before and when the banks were taken over by the Government old people were seen leaving the banks carrying plastic bags with their life savings. I can't help starting to wonder how they solve the storage problem?