Morning in Akureyri, Looking back to the west you can see the cathedral and our hotel to the bottom left of the church. The morning alpenglow lasts for about an hour and makes for some great walking light. It was about -20 C the morning I took this picture which is about -4 F, cold indeed. The locals have said it is uncommonly cold and it should get better, but thankfully no wind so it is not so bad.
Looking over at Akureyri from across the fjord. The town is about 17,000 people, about the size of Golden, Colorado. If you look closely you can see the ski area going up the mountain behind the town, it is small but has some great terrain and good snow. The snow was light and very fun, lots of fresh tracks to be had.
Ok, so know the rotten shark you have all heard about, it tastes terrible and you chase it with Brennivin, a kind of schnapps. It really tastes like motor oil and is really not all that great, but honestly the sour rams testicles are really much worse (go figure). Makes rocky mountain oysters taste like heaven.
Mmmm, fermeted Greenlandic shark or Hakarl
Sorry Tryana, but this shot is classic, shows you what the Hakarl tastes like.
The real Icelandic food
We had our inauguration on Saturday and it was very interesting lots of important people and speeches but very nice way to get started. We took over a near by bar afterwards. We then moved to a nice restaurant and had a great time getting to know everyone and the students from last year. More on the inauguration here
http://www.res.is/is/news/inaugauration_ceremony/
Taking over Cafe Amour
Arnbjorn and myself looking suprised by the photographer. Arnbjorn is the director of international affairs for RES; a great guy with an awesome sense of humor.We went to Godafoss and Myvatn a very active geothermal area. More details to come, but it is my bed time and I will update some more.
Godafoss an awesome, awe inspiring place, lots of ice chunks floating down the river and swirling in the pool below, the left side is about 7 meters and the right about 12 meters, very cool indeed.
Myvatn beauty, right on the lake, great contrast between the lava, the snow and the sky
Mud bubbles in the geothermal area. Probably don't want to fall in, smells heavily of sulfur, and has a pH of around 2, would not want to take a mud bath here.
More to come very soon
