Culture Fright Night

Adam and I are sitting in a cybercafe close to our hotel. On Friday night we decided to go out dancing. Unfortunately it took us awhile to find any place good. Icelanders don´t get the party started until about 2 or 3 am, and Adam and I are already old farts who are in bed by then. We went to a few clubs, and Adam was getting grumpy because he was wearing his red dancing shoes and everything. We finally found this really cool bar with several levels called Dillon. It was sort of like the Yard and Flagon in Saskatoon, but was more dark and more attic like. We walked up a few flights of steep stairs and got to a top level that was really neat and cozy. Afterwards we went next door to a trendy club called Boston. It had a live DJ and tonnes of people dancing. The music was awesome and the DJ played everything we like...interesting that it was called the 'hipster hangout´ in the guidebook...how embarassing!

Yesterday was culture night in Reykjavik, a day when most Icelanders come to the capital to celebrate the city´s birthday. We discovered this really cool band that was playing on the street called Rökkurró. Everything smelled like cotton candy all day, and it was so fun walking around, seeing all of the fashionistas. Adam and I made sure to take a lot of photos, which we´ve decided we will post when we get home, after we subject our families to a slide show.

We had lunch at a little vegetarian restaurant called A næstu grôsum that reminded Adam of the Aberfeldy song "Vegetarian Restaurant". It looked just like the restaurant in the song--it was upstairs and painted a bright yellow. There were flowers hanging from the light fixtures and the food was spectacular. The owner was very funny and nice, I think she may have been British or at least have lived somewhere English for awhile. We had the special--stuffed eggplant, chickpea and tomato warm salad, cucumber and avocado salad, spinach salad, and bread and hummus. It was delish! We had dessert at the bookstore next door to our hotel, it was caramelly, chocolately, and delish!

In the afternoon we walked around the harbour and had fresh mussels by the pier. I had a nice fruity white wine that went really well with it, and Adam had Polar Bear beer. It was so windy by the water, but the mussels were the best we´ve ever had. We bought a few souvenirs for family at home, and I bought this beautiful Tshirt dress with a graphic of the recent volcano eruption. The cashier said it was E-label, and said it "is very popular in...how-do-you-say...Hollywood stars. Rihanna wears." Adam is making fun of me now, calling me Rihanne and Rihannamarie.

In the evening we went to Orange, which is apparently now called Square. We went to celebrate our one-week anniversary of getting married. It was terrible. Adam wants to write a separate post about it, so look up.

In the evening we were feeling overwhelmed by the crowds so we decided to spend some time alone in the hotel room. We heard some booms around midnight, and ran outside to see the fireworks. They were at the harbour and were beautiful.