[Photos taken 23 – 25 April 2022, posted online 18 September 2022. Two weeks left of my current job. Got two flat tires out in the country after a hike yesterday.]
Iceland had declared Covid-19 done and over with. Thus, in a fit of optimism mixed with blissful ignorance, I signed up for an e-biking group that would go on 1-2 rides per week for 9 weeks. It caused a bit of a scheduling mess, as in one week I was due to go on two hikes, and two e-bike rides… also known as couch-to-insanity.
The weekend before the first bike-outing set the tone with a lunch, a reunion, and a birthday-party! (25-ish images total)
Saturday 23 April 2022
I managed to arrange a lunch with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while, and had a nice open sandwich.
A little later that day I attended a pre-party for my old class and our overdue junior college reunion! It was a gorgeous day so we sat outside for the most part.
Group photo taking in progress. It was a lot of fun catching up with everybody!
We then moved to the headquarters of one of the local banks/investor/money-something, where we met up with more of the people that graduated with us.
Yet another translocation, this time to Ægisgarður to eat and drink and dance some more.
Chatting while the music level still allowed such a luxury.
Proof I was there! I didn’t stay long though, dancing didn’t agree with my knee, and I decided to get out before I injured myself…
Sunday 24 April 2022
Birthday-party-time!
The young kids are getting big!
Grandma Ásdís and some of the kiddos.
That doorway makes for a good photo-spot.
Siblings.
A cat in action.
Monday 25 April 2022
A 9th grader going on his first full-week school-trip to Laugarvatn with his school-year.
The group awaiting the bus by the school. The weather was nice!
Next up: Emma at the dental surgery place for a follow up. The dental group had a super nice waiting area, that I didn’t want to take a picture of since there were people sitting there. They had an impressive selection of children’s books.
A Where’s Waldo tile in the ceiling! The surgeon liked what she saw, and Emma has been discharged from her care.
At 6 pm we all gathered for my first e-bike group-ride.
I managed to rope one of my brothers into the group as well, as he e-bikes a lot!
We biked for a hop and a skip and were suddenly in Heiðmörk nature reserve.
One of our guides telling us about the lay of the land. There are a lot of paths in the area, among some of the oldest tree-growing you find around Reykjavik (from 1950-ish).
We stopped by a random sign, marking Undanfari (Precursor) where the first trees were planted in 1949.
Standing among the oldest trees in the area. The company owner jokingly recited a poem, that’s actually a song.
Tall trees by Icelandic standards.
Coming out from a run through the forest paths. So. Much. Fun! (But mostly impossible to photograph.)
Pétur quite pleased at the tail end of the circle. There was more to come!
