California Revisited
[Photos taken 01 – 03 June 2023, posted online 17 February 2024. There’s been another eruption since my last post! This one took out the hot water pipe to the Reykjanes peninsula, but it was fixed by building a road on top of days-old lava, and reconnecting a new pipe on top of it!]
June was a busy month. It began with Bjarki departing on a multi-day trip with his graduating-class to celebrate the end of their journey together. Trips like these came about to stop 10th-graders going on drunken binges downtown to celebrate finishing their compulsory education!
Then I was off on a whirlwind-trip to California to attend a memorial ceremony for Professor Len Tyler, who’d passed away a few months earlier. It so happened that I also managed to wrangle together a meetup with lots of old friends, as well as inviting myself onto the campus of a company that I’d had remote meetings with for months. The biggest drawback was that I missed Bjarki’s graduation ceremony, but the boy did good, and passed all his classes!
Thursday 01 June 2023
Sewing Club Edinburgh Trip
[Photos from 27-30 September 2018, posted online 14 April 2019. Finnur hopped to Toronto and back this past week!]
A “sewing club” I belong to (which does no sewing, except of the social kind) went on its second weekend trip abroad this past autumn, this time to Edinburgh. (Gasp, I just realized I never posted any photos from our trip to Prague!!)
We rented a really nice apartment on airbnb, that had individual bathrooms per bedroom (a must for future excursions!) and we all had a grand time! (90-ish images total)
Thursday 27 September 2018
Work-Trip to Denmark
[Photos taken on 26 August – 01 September 2018, posted on 16 March 2019. Finally seeing the sun mental-energy-wise after a very busy February!]
I traveled to Copenhagen with a colleague of mine to conduct some tests at the Marel office that’s located close to the airport. The trip lasted a week, and was generally successful.
More importantly, I think I showed great restraint in only taking photos of one dinner! (55-ish images total)
Sunday 26 August 2018
Winter Worktrip #2 to Freezing Canada – Toronto Layover
[Photos taken on 01-02 February, posted on 8 September 2018. Spent the morning hunting the Pokemon Moltres with Finnur!]
My flight home to Iceland didn’t leave until around dinner time, so I spent the day walking around Toronto, visiting Ingress stops to try and get a medal in the game that I needed. (26 images total)
(Now, yes, in case my friends who live in Toronto see that I came by without saying hi, I apologize, but I was so tired after the long work-trip, that human interactions were beyond my capabilities at the time. I’ll be sure to say hi next time!)
Thursday 01 February 2018
It was a nice cool day.
Work-Trip to (London)Derry
[Photos taken on 8-12 September 2017, posted 21 May 2018. Rainy days, sprinkled with unseasonably strong winds.]
My work took me and a colleague to Northern Ireland, and the city of Londonderry/Derry, depending on your point of view. We arrived on a Friday, worked over the entire weekend, as well as Monday morning, but by noon I was off the hook, and had then entire afternoon to wander about, before flying home on Tuesday morning. Finnur also sent along a few photos of his continuing deck-building adventures! (87 images total)
Friday 8 September 2017
At Keflavik airport at 7 am. I’m not a fan of early morning flights!
Work-Trip to Spain and Ireland
[Photos taken on 22 May to 31 May 2017, posted online on 4 October 2017. So. Far. Behind. Myself.]
I decided to combine two work-trips into one. I began by flying to Madid, Spain, and working there few days with a colleague, after which I flew straight to Dublin, Ireland, and worked a few days there with another colleague (98 images total!!!).
Monday 22 May 2017
Goodbye Iceland, for now!
Hrefna’s 40th Birthday!
[Photos from 01 March 2017, posted online 8 May 2017. Tick, tock, tick, tock!]
I turned 40 years old the other day (ahemm, two months ago!). Let’s all pause to let that sink in.
I’d gone back and forth on the party/no party question and then the “what kind of party”, but as our schedule started lining up (the following weekend got completely filled up!), it became clear that a small gathering at home after work, with ‘bought ready food’ would be ‘it’.
I pat myself on the back for at least celebrating the day, as it was tempting (easier) not to. I’m pretty happy about the age upgrade though, and I expect to become very mature in the coming days/weeks/months/years. Any time now really. (16 images total)
Hrefna, 40 years old, and perhaps missing a few marbles.
Me-Time, Sled-Time, Shop-Time
[Photos from 25 February 2017, posted online 17 April 2017. Sitting at the Cafe Norðurbakkinn for the first time. I think I’ll come here again.]
I started reading a “creativity” book, which inspired me to document a day with my big camera. Yes, the phone camera is fine, but the big one is better.
It was a Saturday, and I’ve taken to grabbing photo/blogging/me-time at lunchtime until Finnur heads off to his football-time. Once my solitary stay at a cafe downtown ended, I took Emma and then Bjarki out to play in the remains of the snow. We ended up at the local mall where we bought Ash Wednesday costumes (it’s our Halloween day). (39 images total)
Squinting into the sun by the Reykjavik harbor.
Worktrip to Ireland
[Photos from 13-18 January 2017, posted online 02 April 2017. After a few spring-like days, it’s now snowing again.]
I went on a work-trip to Ireland in January. It was a nice change of scenery, and it was good to see some extra sunlight.
Friday 13 January 2017
At the airport, about to fly to Belfast.
December Worktrip to Canada
[Saturday 07 – 14 December 2016, posted online on 13 February 2017. Rinse, repeat.]
My work sent me back to Canada, this time during a cold spell in the weather. The last time I was there was in balmy September. (21 images total)
Wednesday 07 December 2016
About to land in Edmonton, Canada. There is a direct flight there, where you depart at 5 pm Iceland time, and arrive at 6 pm Edmonton time. It’s very convenient.