Nice day in town

Last Sunday, the weather was pretty nice, so we decide to hike... All the way from our house to downtown! :). Ok, so that was not a very long trip, but it was a good way of enjoying the pleasant day. We ended up going to the Sandholt bakery on Laugavegur, which is probably the best bakery in town. They make bread, sandwiches, pastries, cakes, ice cream, and chocolate!

Here are some pics from our walk and from the bakery itself.

The catholic church, hiding behind the bushes...

Summer is coming! People are laying down in Austurvöllur again

The bakery

Some of their chocolates

A nice sandwich

Our desserts (I took the picture one minute too late, apparently)

A cat under a car

A duck crossing the road

Jó in the Reykjavík sun :)

A house in the pond (it's part of the art festival)

This bird kept flying into the wind, and managed to stay stationary for a bit while doing so

Tulips

One of my favorite houses, Túngata 20

It's been a long time...

But I'm back :).

The last month or so has been a bit hectic, so I apologize for not posting more frequently. I have pictures from Norway and from some trips in Iceland too that I will be phasing in later. But for now, I will post the pictures from our most recent trip, to Italy (for our first wedding anniversary!).

We first went to an area called the Cinque Terre first, a group of 5 villages on the Northwest coast that seem to hang off the side of mountains. Very picturesque. The weather was great (we had our warmest temperatures in over a year, given the cool Icelandic summer). We even managed to swim in the sea! We had forgotten to bring our swimsuits, but thankfully we did not forget to bring underwear. So we used that.

We stayed in a room with a view of the harbour of one of the 5 villages, hiked on the path between the villages (there are no direct roads between them, only hiking paths), and took a cooking lesson. And just relaxed.

Here are some pictures from that trip.

The view from our room in Manarola

The view of the same town from the harbor, where we went for a dip

The hills looked a lot like Lebanon

Corniglia (that town on the left) from the South

Jó enjoying her seafood pasta there

Corniglia again, this time from the North

Vernazza

Narrow streets in Vernazza

The obligatory cat picture

Jó modeling for some mushroom pictures

Chopping onions

Fresh pasta with mushrooms... Mmm...