This weekend, my family and I went to the Winter Festival and International Children’s Day 'fairs' in Rekjavik. I really enjoyed going to the different activities on Saturday and Sunday. Friday night, my friend þorgerður (pronounced thorkathou) and her family came over for dinner and we had a very nice time playing Uno and kicking our little brothers out of the room. Then, the next morning, everyone got up, got dressed, and headed to Reykjavik.
In Reykjavik, we first went to an event called Game World where you got to design Lego castles. That was a mistake. In a large room were probably eight tables with Legos on them and at least 200 people milling around them. Two tables had Legos that you could play with, but it was almost impossible to get to the table. Instead, we all went out and fed the ducks. Spencer pet a duck by following it until it put its head down to eat a crumb and then 'gently' putting his hand on it. The duck's head shot up and it quickly walked away.
The flea market opened up at 2:00 and closed at about 5:00. Spencer and I bought Halloween costumes there. Oh, by the way, here they celebrate Halloween in February, so this year I will get two Halloweens! I'm going to be a Japanese Dragon Lady sort of thing. I'll post pictures of me in it later. Anyway, everyone got a lot of stuff at really good prices, like I got one Icelandic wool sweater for about $32 and another for $20. I think the whole family really enjoyed it.
Later that day, at eight o'clock p.m., everyone went swimming with live music. It was that or riding on a boat to go see the lights of Reykjavik until 11:30 p.m. The pool was awesome! It had an inside pool that connected with the outside pool through a lane that went through the wall. There was also a big slide, a lap swimming pool, and a small, shallow area all connected with the inside pool. Two hot tubs at different temperatures were on the outside of the pool. All of my family was very tired from the day’s events, but we managed to enjoy the pool other than the hot tubs.
The flea market opened up at 2:00 and closed at about 5:00. Spencer and I bought Halloween costumes there. Oh, by the way, here they celebrate Halloween in February, so this year I will get two Halloweens! I'm going to be a Japanese Dragon Lady sort of thing. I'll post pictures of me in it later. Anyway, everyone got a lot of stuff at really good prices, like I got one Icelandic wool sweater for about $32 and another for $20. I think the whole family really enjoyed it.
Later that day, at eight o'clock p.m., everyone went swimming with live music. It was that or riding on a boat to go see the lights of Reykjavik until 11:30 p.m. The pool was awesome! It had an inside pool that connected with the outside pool through a lane that went through the wall. There was also a big slide, a lap swimming pool, and a small, shallow area all connected with the inside pool. Two hot tubs at different temperatures were on the outside of the pool. All of my family was very tired from the day’s events, but we managed to enjoy the pool other than the hot tubs.
All in all, I feel everyone had a fantastic time in Reykjavik this weekend.
Bless,
Alex : )
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