I´m the goofy fruit of the ha-ha bush
Here are some pictures taken by my friend Gunnella (explains why I'm in some of them :-))
Pic nr. 1) The Rainbow bridge, seen on a boat ride on the Sumida river, 2) Hilda with JP and Lizzie (Gunnella's friends from Scotland that were visiting at the same time) on the boat ride, 3) Homeless people on the banks of river (note that they all pack their things neatly in blue tarp !, 4) A square watermelon !, 5) A festival near Ueno, note the guy on top of the ladder, he did all sorts of tricks there !
Nr 1) The temple in Asakusa 2) A dragon-shaped faucet at a racoon shrine near Asakusa, 3)Small child statues at a temple near Tokyo Tower 4) Temple, Tokyo Tower in the background 5) The view from Tokyo Tower (the tower is 8,6 m higher than the Eiffel tower).
Pics are as follows: 1) Me and Hilda at the Hard Rock Café in Ueno, Tokyo, 2) Us with Elena and some Harajuku girls, 3) Sake barrels near a temple in Harajuku, 4) Hilda and Gunnella at a train station, 5) At a great restaurant where we got numerous small courses and all got a taste
Last Saturday I went to a costume party/ball! I went as the bride of Frankenstein (very befitting, I know). The evening started at Júlíana's place with a couple of Mohitas. Then we went to at party at Tommi's place. Tommi was dressed as Borat and he offered us shots of Topas snafs repeatedly. Soon the party was filled with people in diverse funny costumes :-) The ball itself was in Álftanes and a bus came to the party to pick us up. It was great fun, feast your eyes on the pictures :-)
A really nice weekend is over. Steingrímur was staying here with me and Hilda. On Saturday we went to Lake Kleifarvatn with my sister Steinka and my niece Guðlaug. We were looking for purple saxifrage, a plant known as winterflower in icelandic. It is the first flowering plant to bloom here and is one of the sure heralds of spring, the other being the Golden Plover. So, now I've seen both - winterflowers and the plover (lóa). Freyja the dog was with us and refused to go back into the car :-) In the evening me and Hilda made pizza, it was delicious ! Sunday we visited the family in Mávahlíð. Óli and Steinar were in a good mood as always. Cutiepies !! Then we went home and made another pizza !! Yes, we do like pizza, ehe ! But now it's time to call it a night, am posting some pictures above.
Last weekend we had our annual ball at work. It was great fun, I even danced a little and luckily my legs didn't hurt too much in the morning. I played board games with Júlíana on Sunday and Monday evening I picked up my friend Cindy at the airport and she stayed overnight because she was going on a course today. We chatted and ate ice cream, very nice :-) Next event is going to Eva Karen's birthday party. She is Júlíana's daughter, sister to my darling Steingrímur. The party is on Thursday, the First Day of Summer here in Iceland. Next weekend Steingrímur will come to stay with me and Hilda. Am posting some pictures from the annual ball and pictures of Óli and Steinar. Enjoy :-)
