Archive for : December, 2001

Monday December 24th Gleðileg jól!! Today is Chrismas Eve, the day that Icelanders eat good food and open all the presents, starting at 6pm!! And “gleðileg jól” means “merry Christmas” 🙂 I’ll be at my grandparents’ place with my mum and brothers, while Finnur will be at home with his parents and some of hisRead more

Sunday December 23rd Ginger-snaps galore Lately Finnur and I have been falling asleep between 3am and 5am… I’ve been told this is common when coming from the west coast of the USA (it’s like we’re sleeping Pacific Time). Since we’re going back there in about a week, we’re thinking we won’t resist and just persistRead more

Saturday December 22nd Hohoho!! Took my third youngest brother out so he could buy some Christmas presents. Then dropped him off at my grandmothers and finished off my own Christmas shopping! The verdict for this Christmas is that I’ve finally gone completely overboard in my spending spree.. but it’s just so much fun!!! And besides,Read more

Friday December 21st Blonde Again! I’ve been meaning to get a haircut appointment all week, but now it’s the Friday Before Christmas, and surely there is not an appointment to be had anywhere in the city!!! So who’re you gonna call?! My mother!! Anyway, I did and she got me an appointment at her usualRead more

Thursday December 20th Close call Yesterday I dropped off our visa applications at the US Embassy in Reykjavík. The place was pretty heavily guarded (policecar at the front of the dead-end street, metal detector and guards inside), but all went well. Then this morning at 10am (still in bed) we get a call from theRead more

Wednesday December 19th The LOTR day!! Finally, finally – the 19th of December!!! Well, the day didn’t start so well… our bodies rebelled our sleeping to 3pm yesterday and woke us up at 4am this morning! Unable to fall back asleep, Finnur finally got dressed around 7am, but I stayed in bed and managed toRead more

Tuesday December 18th Relaxation As a sign of how we needed some relaxation… we just woke up and it’s 3:15pm!! And we went to bed around midnight!! The reason for this is that 1) Finnur screwed up setting the alarm (uhhh…I didn’t tell him the battery was in backwards…), 2) it’s been so cloudy todayRead more

Monday December 17th Busy bees We’ve been busy bees so far… well sort of. Finnur has received orders for fixing SEVEN computers, and so far he’s managed to fix two of them and almost the third one. He’s stopped taking orders so sorry all you latecomers! Today I went to the bank to get someRead more

Saturday December 15th “Welcome home” That’s what the stewardesses say when you touch down in Iceland. But of course they only say that in Icelandic… Then they go on to saying “Welcome to Iceland” in English before launching into the whole “Please remain seated… yadda yadda…”. The point of the story though is that weRead more

Thursday December 13th Attention, attention… Ladies and gentlemen… Ok – this is a “big day” for Dagbók #2… Since Finnur and I are going to Iceland, this little blog-spot is going to be in English for those of you who don’t speak Icelandic (in spite of heroic effort to the contrary… hence Augusto’s “flott” vocabulary…).Read more