On Sunday, my grandparents, aunt Misty, uncle Greg, and cousins, Stacia and Kailey, all arrived at the Keplevik Airport at 6:45 a.m.. Despite them being very tired, they all toured around Reykjavik. First, we took them to our favorite place for breakfast, then fed the ducks and went to the flea market. At the flea market, I bought a lot of Icelandic stamps. With bread from the restaurant, Stacia, Joslyn, Spencer, and I fed the ducks at the city hall. Also at the city hall had an activity to build houses. My mom and I stayed to make a house while everyone else toured the Icelandic Museum. Finally, everyone packed up and headed to our house in Bifrost.
My grandparents, Misty, Greg, Stacia, and Kailey slept in really late on Monday morning. Joslyn, Spencer, and I went to school. After, school everyone was awake and ready to go site seeing.
It wasn't really site seeing, but we went to the Settlement Center that was a museum and had an audio guide tell you all about the different exhibits. It was all in a very cool gift shop/green house area connecting two buildings. Plus the exhibits were cool, too! Like was of a miniature viking ship that would have been used to sail from Norway to Iceland with people on it. It even showed a person pooping and peeing off the ship (SO disgusting, but very cool! It showed the whole crew a long with passengers)! Another exhibit was the front of a boat that moved and you stood on it while listening to the audio guide talk. The ship rocked a lot and even creaked in the audio guide. At other exhibits, my mom and I (the space was pretty small in there so you could only go in two at a time) pushed buttons to light light up areas on a map representing homesteads, rivers and other farms. We also saw wildlife on T.V.s in rooms that were 'forested'. Over all, it was just an awesome museum!
On Tuesday, my brother, sister, and I were taken out of school to tour Snæfellsnes peninsula with my family (all of it that was here). The main reason that we left originally was to see a beached whale. Well, we did get to see the whale along with a lot of other cool things. At the first stop, I thought that we were going to see the whale, but it turns out that we saw seals instead! There is a large seal colony at that beach actually. After that, we found the whale. The whale smelled a little bit, but I could see this Sperm whale smelling a lot worse right now. His (everyone is almost positive that it is a male) mouth had his insides spilling out and the water around him was blood stained. He was a big fellow, probably (I'm not good at judging length) over 30 feet long! The hike to the whale had ruins right by it. Also, after we saw the whale, Joslyn, Stacia, Kailey, Spencer, and I found a rock sorting pen that might still be used to sort sheep. Then, we all drove home.
Wednesday was basically a regular school day, but after school I went out to eat at Hraunsnef. Thursday, again, I went to school. But Stacia and Kailey also came to school with Joslyn and Spencer. Because Stacia was with Joslyn, I didn't see her very much. I did, however, see her at breaks and lunch. She seemed a little surprised with all of the attention, but I guess that she wasn't completely prepared for it. Anyway, after school, everyone (all of my family in Iceland) drove to the wool and agriculture museum. My grampa and Greg stayed there a long time while the kids went and played around a troll garden. The troll garden was a walking path with big troll statues beside it. My favorite statue was of the hideous Grylla who had a large pot in front of her that kids could get into and pretend to be eaten. After a day of trolls and school, everyone went to go have fast food and ice cream. Some of us got hot dogs; Iceland is known for its hotdogs.
The Akranes museum was on the to do list for Friday. Thankfully, I was pulled out of school. I really like the Akranes museum, but I didn't get to see much of it on Friday because we didn't stay very long. Joslyn, Stacia, Spencer, Kailey, my mom, and I spent most of our time in the coffee shop because the waitress was very nice and made it feel like we were at a fancy tea party.
Saturday, we all packed our bags and drove to Reykjavik. That's all for this blog, so
Bless,
Alex : )
