Shopping Shopping & Puffin Steak! YES PUFFIN STEAK!

Noooo! don´t believe the titles! no puffins were harmed by me.. i can´t vouch for the restaurants selling them but AHHH! they eat whale and puffin steak! that´s like taking a poor owl and turning it into Jiku-Meat! NOOO!

So rewind.. cast your mind back.. look at your man.. or co-worker.. now back at the screen.. now back.. at your man or co-worker.. give them a wink.. yes.. a little wink.. comment this post with their reaction..

Actually cast my mind back.. this morning.. breakfast.. uninspiring and lacking flavour.. alas cereal is so bland! we brought the rain with us again! BUT all in all an amazing day! especially for Ciara!!! we went to the viking monument! a beautiful sculpture by the harbour.. waiting for the shops to open.. alas we were convinced it was sunday.. but at the end of a long day we discovered it was actually saturday.. this didn´t make the shops open any earlier.. ie 11am-5pm and THAT! is not enough shopping time!

The Icelandic people are such amazing designers, craftsmen/women and driving to my latest CD i can see how their landscape inspires such individualism in music as well!

a trip down Laugavegur and our first purchase! Chicken Feet Bracelets! yes! Chicken Feet Leather! HOT! I´m struggling to pronounce any names of anything so ciara and I have invented our own ikea inspired speaking for how to pronounce what we´re trying to convey to eachother when giving directions... BUT we found an amazing silversmithing store.. beautiful beautiful display and pieces like works of art! Ciara was in heaven both from a shopper and designer´s point of view.. just stunningly creative work executed flawlessly! post beautiful purchases we went for coffee and on to the Hallgrims church in the centre of town.. coffee was voted number 2 in the world barista challenge.. it was good.. i don´t know if it was great.. but a good pick me up post shopping!

Later we raced through the Icelandic Gallery via The Pond.. yes.. it is a pond.. the only pond.. hence The Pond!

we also managed an extremely rushed tour of the Icelandic National Museum and saw some awesome Viking artifacts!

Tomorrow! on the road for 8 days!

I´ve managed to get myself sick so I´m trying to work out the icelandic for Sudafed!

So It´s the next day and we´re driving! I'll keep you posted as to our goings on in more detail but for now here are some pics!






























Oh Iceland Cat!! Why are you so thirsty!