Day 19

June 28, 2018

10:41 PM Iceland Time

Today was a productive and relaxing day. I went to work at the art museum where I spent a few hours organizing one of their supply rooms. After I finished Hrafnhildur and I went out for lunch again, and on our way back we stopped by the library to look at some craft books to find some ideas for activities. They aren’t having an official event this Saturday, so Hrafnhildur thought that I could do a little informal activity for anyone who stops by. I came up with the idea to have a collage session. I will be helping participants make collages and/or mosaics using newspapers and construction paper!

We also stopped by the natural history museum and talked with one of the historians about possibly helping them make an English brochure to accommodate and inform tourists of the museum. Hrafnhildur and the historian talked in Icelandic the whole time, and I could pick out some of the words, but Icelanders speak so fast it’s hard to follow! I can pick out about 20% of what they are saying and can get an idea of what they were discussing. It is good for me to be surrounded by the Icelandic language; I am trying to absorb it and comprehend as much as I can. I have been getting tired faster, probably because I am using my brain a lot to try to catch on.

I wrapped up at work and took the bus back into town. Instead of going straight home I decided to go on a bit of a walk to check out another pool that I hadn’t been to yet. It is called Laugardalslaug. It was by far the largest pool I have been to in Reykjavik so far. There was a huge lap pool, a stadium (I am guessing to watch swimming competitions), 5 different hottir potturs (hot tubs), a seawater geothermal bath, steam room, sauna, massage station, giant chess board, volleyball courts and the kalt pottur (cold pool). I will definitely want to take the rest of the Snorri group there once we all meet back here in Reykjavik.

Soon there were a bit too many people coming to the pool and there wasn’t much room in the hot tubs, so I headed back home. I was able to make dinner for Skarpi again, and that was nice. I really enjoy his company. We watched a few football matches, and then watched both British and Scottish crime dramas together! He said that tomorrow his older son will be joining us for dinner, so I am looking forward to meeting him as well!

Headed off to bed, so stay tuned! Goða nott!