IKEA, Swans and Wigeon Face Attacks
Had the IKEA in Reykjavik been anything different than what any of you have seen already, I would of taken some photos. It happened to be a lot like any of the American locations. Some exceptions include cans of beer you could purchase at the hot dog stand downstairs near the exit, the metric system on the throwaway rulers and more plenty more espresso accessories. The highlight of my day however was on the way home from IKEA and hearing the Icelandic version of "Birthday" from the Sugarcubes on the radio, on the actual day of my birth nonetheless. Little things rock my socks off, and this was one of them.
Earlier today Bill and I spent some time at the Tjornin Lake. Locals refer to it as "the pond". This is one of the most amazing places in Reykjavik. Feeding the birds is one of the only things to do there other than waste some time at the City Hall building. There you can see the largest topographic map of Iceland, get a free wifi hook up, have some coffee and sit in a window with a beautiful view of the pond and watch all the other people feeding the birds freeze their asses off. Today we decided to freeze our asses off for a bit and feed these dinosaurs. Here are some photos and video of the area/birds. I felt a bit like an arctic snow white.
Here is Bill dodging a flying attack from a wigeon. Yep, apparently they don't have pigeons here.
If you look closely you can see a wigeon that tried attaching itself to Bill's face. They really liked Bill.
This guy here was my favorite geese of the day. He was the only patient son of a gun on the whole pond!
Look at the neck on this turkey.
This one melts my heart. Look how he tilts his little head like Lois..
Me and more swans.
I like this photo. You can see City Hall in the background. It's architecturally an amazing building.
This is me being honest.
Here I am with the large topographic map of Iceland.
Here is Bill on the other side of the topographic map pointing out an extremely remote populated area of the island.
This is a view of the pond at around 4:45 pm. It's just so beautiful.
Earlier today Bill and I spent some time at the Tjornin Lake. Locals refer to it as "the pond". This is one of the most amazing places in Reykjavik. Feeding the birds is one of the only things to do there other than waste some time at the City Hall building. There you can see the largest topographic map of Iceland, get a free wifi hook up, have some coffee and sit in a window with a beautiful view of the pond and watch all the other people feeding the birds freeze their asses off. Today we decided to freeze our asses off for a bit and feed these dinosaurs. Here are some photos and video of the area/birds. I felt a bit like an arctic snow white.
Here is Bill dodging a flying attack from a wigeon. Yep, apparently they don't have pigeons here.
If you look closely you can see a wigeon that tried attaching itself to Bill's face. They really liked Bill.
This guy here was my favorite geese of the day. He was the only patient son of a gun on the whole pond!
Look at the neck on this turkey.
This one melts my heart. Look how he tilts his little head like Lois..
Me and more swans.
I like this photo. You can see City Hall in the background. It's architecturally an amazing building.
This is me being honest.
Here I am with the large topographic map of Iceland.
Here is Bill on the other side of the topographic map pointing out an extremely remote populated area of the island.
This is a view of the pond at around 4:45 pm. It's just so beautiful.
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