Reykjavík ’09

Work and a large number of (gasp) non-internet related projects has lead to blog drought but I am attempting to get through some 1/2 written posts.  Better late than never, right?  I went to Reykjavík a couple of months ago and am just getting around to uploading photos; it went a little something like this:

i don’t know what this kind of street art is being called but it’s sparkly and awesome!

some things had changed since I last was there in ’06:

is now shut:

despite being closed and painted, still has a rockin photo tribute up:

this was an awesome ad:

groups of high school students kept dressing up in groups and running around the city wasted.  still haven’t quite grasped that one but these guys were funny:

lots of 1/2 finished construction sites.  economy = :(

björn = couchsurfing = :)

j’ai rencontré dans un bar, lucie et pauline

=  ROADTRIP!

iceland = unthawing

Barnafoss:

The following story accounts for the name of Barnafoss (Children’s waterfall) and for the disappearance of a stone arch that used to bridge the river.  One Christmas day the household of Hraunsás went to attend church, with the exception of two children who were to stay at home.  When the people returned, the children had vanished but their tracks led to the river.  The children had fallen off the stone arch and drowned.  Their mother put a spell on the arch so that anyone who crossed it would drown himself.  Soon after, the arch was destroyed in an earthquake.

beach + mountains in the same photos = :)

post-election celebration, woot woot!

gaui = couchsurfing = :) :) :)

the rest of the photos are here.