Finally, some great new discoveries this weekend. We must be getting more settled in. Stefán went to his Saturday morning English class, with his much-loved new teacher Russell from London, and I hit the gym. Árni took Finnur to swim at the pool. Stefán and I then headed downtown and fed the ducks at the huge lake (it was frozen the last time we were there and we could walk on it, but a heat wave with temps. in the 40's the last few days have melted it for now). Afterwards, we stumbled onto an amazing exhibition called 871 A.D. It's a 2001 discovery of the remains of a Viking longhouse from that year and they´ve carefully preserved what was left and built this high-tech, hands-on museum around the house, which is right in downtown Reykjavik. We spent over an hour there and it´s just two rooms! We then made our way to the downtown library. What a find! The kids' floor was just that, a whole floor. See the latest pics for more views. Árni and Finnur joined us after nap time and we spent hours there, looking at books, playing with all the toys and oh, the dressup. Stefán was in heaven, of course. We managed a rare dinner out after that and then yesterday, we all went swimming together. A very fun family weekend!
It's getting light by the time we walk Stefán to school now and it stays light until after 6:30. The increase in light is coming in huge chunks, thankfully. Finnur will be 18 months tomorrow and he's recently decided he prefers to WALK everywhere we go, stopping to view every little rock or piece of ice/snow/wet grass. You know, the usual toddler drill. Life has slowed a bit, but it's fun to watch him learning about the world. I could do without three more months of winter, but hey, this is Iceland!
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