Sacha from Ontario is staying on a farm in Reykholt, Borgarfjörður and is having a blast with her new family. Next week she is going to Kópavogur to stay with her gr. aunt and help out at the Nordic Association office.
"The other day my frændi Jón Þór stopped by and we took a trip to the mountains/glaciers with one of his twin boys Aron, his sister Halldóra’s son Skirnir and Skirnir's grandfather, and went for a hike. We had to cross over the river which was pretty cold and explored the land quite a bit with the boys before making our way upwards. When we started to get going with the hike the boys were already pretty tired so at one point the boys and Hermann made their way back to the car while Jón Þór and I continued up to the top of Hádegisfell Syðra. The whole trip up was incredibly beautiful. The land was absolutely untouched, no marked paths, no sign that anyone else had ever climbed up before. When we got to the top we sat in silence for a bit just absorbing the surroundings, the peacefulness, it was gorgeous. We had some pretty amazing views of the surrounding glaciers - Langjökull, Ok and Þórisjökull. On the way down we decided not to walk but to slide down the snow instead, and boy was that a great idea. The next day Jón Þór came back to the farm and took me up in one of the planes to fly over to where we had hiked. Boy am I lucky, it was a pretty incredible experience. -Sacha"
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Our group of 16 Snorris have now been with their relatives / host families for 10 days. It's always hard to be away from the group with a new family that they, in most cases, don't know at all. It seems like everyone is doing really well. Here is one short story from Julie Summers from Washington State. She is staying in a small fishing village called Patreksfjörður (Westfjords): "So at the grocery store where I work there's a little notice board with all the latest happenings around town. Most of the signs are things 'til sölu' (for sale) but I noticed a sign about Þóra Arnórsdóttir, the presidential candidate. Turns out she was coming to do a little town hall meeting in town tonight. So after work I walked to the Sjóræningjahúsið (pirate house. seriously) to see her. She came with her husband and their baby (so cute! both of them actually ;). They were like half an hour late but as soon as they came in they were going around meeting people, so I met them both but of course forgot my Icelandic and could only manage to say 'hæ.' Anyway of course I only understood about 10 words of her speech but she seemed very personable. Oh, and of course my camera died as soon as I got there, so I didn't get any pictures. But I couldn't possibly make this up - a town hall meeting with a presidential candidate at the pirate museum. Gotta love this country :) |
Ásta Sól KristjánsdóttirBlog editor and Manager of the Snorri and Snorri Plus Programs Archives
August 2016
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