Jan
29
I stumbled on this video and find it rather nice. Reykjavík was pretty interesting even back then. “Population 21 thousand, police force of three”. A few buildings in the film are still there and the hot spring laundry is still there but only as an historical artifact. Enjoy.
I loved watching this! How completely interesting – I wish I could show it to my sweetie’s Mom (she lives in Florida) but she doesn’t have a computer.
When is your next trip?
Yeah I loved it myself. Even the 1st scene “We arrived … at midnight” and there we are looking like an average Reykja afternoon. A subtle thing to notice but clever. So it must be June.
I missed my chance to go this fall once the kreppa hit me pretty hard. If things get a lot better soon I’ll go this summer. I need to see it in perpetual daylight too. But the night sky is amazing and the colours at twilight (that can last a few hours) are beautiful. You just have to stay up a lot later to catch it in summer.
I picture myself sitting in a comfy chair on a bluff sipping Brennivín and watching the sunset. Then turning the chair a few degrees while pouring a fresh glass to watch the sunrise a short while later.