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And I will have first visitors from Poland in February and March, I'm very happy about it! Please bring me some millet groats (kasza jaglana) from Poland and some other useful stuff, I will let you know what I exactly need!
It's time to tell you something about last weekend, I was really happy with the time I spent with Polish and Icelandic people.
On Friday evening it was the time for Polish company and going out with Poles. Friday meeting with Polish association, that I'm already the member of, was very fruitful. They are very professional and have very ambitious plans and interesting ideas. I was really impressed to hear how many events are planned for this year! I already have some ideas for my own project, in meanwhile I will try to help in those that are already scheduled. And after a cheerful meeting we went to downtown for some beers and having nice chats. Integration is very important part of ngo life. I could feel that everybody was interesting in my person as I was one of the newcomers, just 'a fresh blood' :)
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| © triskel Reykjavík at night, Iceland |
While Saturday was my Icelandic day, I met with my Icelandic friend and he took me to his friends' place where we joined them to play a social game (the one with guessing the titles of films, music, book, TV programmes only by movement, singing or making a statue..) so it was a first live lesson of Icelandic for me, as they spoke mostly Icelandic with each other. That's very beautiful language and I hope to learn it soon although it is one of the most difficult ones (of course is less complicated than Polish) and as it said in my Icelandic book: 'Íslenska er erfitt en fallegt mál' (Icelandic is difficult but it's a beautiful language). I hope you agree with me after listening to some Icelandic songs :)
I got really involved in the game with Icelanders and my team was supporting me a lot. They are such energetic and easy-going people. I felt to be their mate from the very beginning. Even I had the feeling that we know each other longer then just for few minutes! After official introduction I got so many questions from them, some of them already been to Poland and they were curious if I am their friend's girlfriend, if I'm living with him and if I'm going to stay in Iceland for good. And I said responding their third question that it is very probable, depending on the job that I will get and I will just see how it's going on and how I find myself here. I got some compliments about my beauty from one of the girls and admiration that I decided to move to Iceland. That's really sweet!
So it was great fun to play games with Icelanders and I was very happy about it. Around 1 am we went to a bar downtown and I had opportunity to speak with most of them, some guys are members of indie-folk band (with classical, progressive rock and minimalist elements) and I already knew their music. They has released 3 albums until now and I was interested to listen to their insights about a tour that they had in Poland. That's a pity that there are some shifts in the band currently as I had an idea to involve them in my musical project.
I should tell you that every moment I was at the bar counter alone in a while I was asked some question by Icelanders, they seem to be so open and have this nice easiness to start conversation in a bar (of course not everyone is like this, others seems to keep quite a big distance or are just shy). One handsome guy (I suppose he was after 45) told me that he just came 'to admire my nose', that's really funny beginning of conversation. Fortunately, when he saw that I have a company just wished me good luck and disappeared. And a friend of my friend came to me few times to just kiss me on the chick saying 'have fun!'. I was wondering what does it mean, maybe he just got drunk or it was the Icelandic style :) The bar was closing at 5 am and the lights went on. I had been to Ölstofa few times before and each time I was there I noticed with a big astonishment that Icelanders are so loud an talkative and very easy going! Even more then Spanish people what's really incredible! Especially in this bar where the music is low and people are so loud and the average age is 30-40! I hope to see my new Icelandic colleagues soon again, I really liked them on that night.
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On Sunday though I woke up late and few hours before the sunset my friend took me for a ride to Hafnarfjörður coast to take a walk by the sea. He's so kind and is taking care of me all the time, a true gentleman. The sun was close to set down and I was happy to have my camera with me as the landscape began to be cover in the interesting lights for photographers (here you can see some of my pics). Hafnarfjörður (a neighbour city of Reykjavík, third biggest town in Iceland) is said to be Polish city and there is a huge aluminium plant located by the sea that is polluting the crystal Icelandic air. That's a pity that even here money sometimes wins against nature and environment is not fully protected!
More news from Iceland coming soon. Just stay tuned :)
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