New Year's Eve

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Where has the time gone?!?! And what is this "time"-thing anyway?!?! :) One thing is for sure... New Year's Eve in Iceland means lots of fireworks!! :)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b9f2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Finnur made a quick stop at my grandparent's house where he</div> <div> lit some fireworks. It was drizzling with rain and about 2-4°C that night,</div> <div> which should explain the shirt.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ba12c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's one of the "cakes" doing a nice imitation of a small volcano.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba02c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The kids also got to play. Here we have Pétur lighting some </div> <div> crackers with all of us standing around him.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pétur, Bjarni, Hrefna, Nökkvi, Arnar and Eyþór in the rather smoke-filled</div> <div> greenhouse at Beykihlíð. The wind was not very cooperative and blew all the</div> <div> smoke right inside! </div> <bR> <div> I then dropped Finnur off at his own family-gathering in Garðabær (another town outside Reykjavík) </div> <div> and said hello to everybody there, before returning to Beykihlíð. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba3902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My mother (on the left) talking with her brother Guðmundur and his wife </div> <div> Líney in the greenhouse.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba4902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> At 10:30 pm it was time for the yearly "Áramótaskaup" or "Year-Meeting Comedy Show"</div> <div> where the funny people of Iceland make fun of what happened in our little country in the year</div> <div> that is passing. This year the show was unusually good - but I hear last years was terribly bad.</div> <div> Every single living person in Iceland seems to watch this show since hardly a firework goes off</div> <div> in the hour that it lasts... but as soon as it finishes at 11:25pm everybody rushes outside to go BOOM!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba5902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My family usually goes up onto a nearby hill and just enjoys the show everybody else </div> <div> is putting on for midnight, and this year was no exception. But we do have our little fireworks </div> <div> that we light and here I'm holding a little "star light".</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba6902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A firework going off with the city in the background.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba8902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Looking from Öskjuhlíð over Kópavogur (the town next to Reykjavík).</div> <div> Unfortunately I didn't have a tripod - we'll fix that next year!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bb12c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> As midnight grew closer, people brought out the big guns and the big cakes!</div> <div> This is only a small portion of the crowd that was up there and the mass of fireworks!</div> <bR> <div> At midnight the shooting reached its peak and we all wished each other a happy new year. </div> <div> Soon after that we headed down the hill to shoot up the remainder of our own fireworks...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ba92c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The "little box" on top of the other box shooting into the night.</div> <div> The other two big boxes contained fireworks at some point. Oh boy!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="baa902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The last remnants, burnt out by Pétur and Bjarni.</div> <bR> <div> After having eaten lots of cake and helped granny clean up the kitchen, I headed out to meet up with</div> <div> Finnur at Halli and Adda's place, where Holla and Óli were also.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bab902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Me with Adda and Holla in our festive hair-dos! :)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bac902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Halli and Finnur enjoying the new year!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bad2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Óli tried some new poses while shooting pictures.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bae902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> But most of all we played "Settlers" - a highly addictive game!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="baf902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Finnur also tried out a new hairstyle... :)</div> <bR> <div> We finally finished playing at around 8am in the morning, at which point we</div> <div> collapsed into bed (air mattresses and such) and slept until 2pm...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bb0902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Holla and Óli fast asleep on January 1st 2002.</div> <bR> <div> HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!</div> <bR> <div> GLEÐILEGT NÝTT ÁR ÖLL SÖMUL!! :)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>