France and Spain

Yay!

Our plane tickets are bought. TGV tickets too. Hotels for Reyjavik, Nimes, and Barcelona booked.

We still have to book TGV to Barcelona and Hotel in Paris.

I can't wait its only like 60-ish days!!

Looking forward to seeing more of Europe.

School lately has been boring so im looking forward to changing things up!

Peace.

Unproductive

Once again, didn't accomplish much today!!

Went for a walk.

Went out to lunch.

Watched a movie.

Made a salad and toast.

Started making a movie about our cuba trip.

That is all.

Sun

Hey Everyone,

The weather hasn't been great here the last few days. Lots of rain, but I guess we have nothing to complain about everyone else seems to be getting snow. Most of europe was covered in snow, in fact, the place that we are going in march/april in spain, Barcelona, had snow and was cold this past week. I was happy to see though that the temperatures there are back to around 16-18 celsius.

School has been okay since I have been back form Christmas break but I have been feeling unmotivated despite the group activities and the games that were a part of this class. Just not motivated to do this paper for the class...I have been doing everything for school other than the paper just so I don't have to work on the paper.

Well Lindsay and I are going to run to the bakery...I will post later as an effort to procrastinate further.

Peace,

Josh

---Wait the reason for the sun title of the post: this week the sun comes up here for the first time...I CANT WAIT, I miss you sun!! Come back to me!! We had such a good time together in Cuba, we can do it again here in Iceland, just come back to me!! (Do I sound desperate?? I hope not) ;)

Cuba Pictures

The family Cuba Trip pictures are now on webshots.

http://travel.webshots.com/album/576138028EPiNRM

Peace.

Spain and France

WOO HOO!!!!

Lindsay and I booked out tickets to Paris and back from Barcelona.

The trip to the South of France and Spain is now officially booked!!!

Peace.

Christmas Holiday

Hello Everyone,

I had great holiday at home with my friends and family.

I went home to Canada for 10 days, then the family went to Cuba for 7 days, and then I was home again for 3 more days.

Being home in Canada was great. I saw friends, spent time with family, and did Canadian-type things. Had Tim Hortons and Wendys, and good snacks that I can't get here in Iceland.

I really had a great time seeing people that I hadn't seen in months. Spent time with Jen and Al and the kids. Went to Halifax and had a pre-Christmas with Carl and Meggie and Pumpkin. We ate at Chives and it was great. I recommend it to people to check it out, its on Barrington.

I went to the family Christmas party and it was nice to see everyone and share all of my Icelandic adventures with family. There were lots of questions about living here.

Mom, Dad, Nick and I went to Cuba over Christmas. It was great to spend Christmas there. It wasnt very Christmas-y but it was great to be South, in the Sand and Sun and warmth. It was beautiful when we were there. 27 degrees the entire time that we were there and sunny. It had rained for days before we arrived but not a drop once we arrived. Cayo Coco was beautiful and the beach was great. I recommend the Melia Cayo Coco it is definately a great resort the staff was great. Nick and I made good friends with the gardener (Rolando) he was great and made us palm hats and bracelets and lots of stuff to bring back. Dad made friends with one of the animation staff and he would holler questions to dad when dad was unable to hear what he was saying. It was hilarious!!! We were sad to leave.

When we got back I only had 1.5 full days until I had to leave to come back to Iceland. I went to visit Jen and give her her present at Frenchys. It was nice to see her too.

I went to visit Nancy on New Years Day and mom and nick and I also went to see Sherlock Holmes. It was pretty good.

On saturday I went to the airport to head back here to Iceland. FLIGHT CANCELLED!!

I met up with one of my professors to chat about thesis and school, etc. It was great to chat with him. He's a cool guy!

I finally got out of halifax on sunday morning but had to wait in the Boston airport for like 14 hours. It was okay though because there was free wireless thanks to Google. I got to Iceland late but still made it to the domestic airport in time for my flight to Isafjordur.

I am here now...in class...back to the grind!

I will try and post on a semi-regular basis now that I am back.

Peace.

In class...

This week we have a professor that was supposed to be next week. All that I can say is that I am glad that we dont have him next week or I just wouldnt come to class.

We have several assignments that are being given to us as well that none of us have any idea how to do...if we do know how to do it like we think it will talk 6000 hours!

Its 1140 am now and has just gotten light out in the last 10 minutes. Good times! It will be dark again in 3 hours!!

Well better pay attention now....or just go online an search for random things...who knows!

Outta here in 7 days!!!

Home in 10 days!!!

Almost Christmas Time

The days are going by so fast...its so soon that I get to go home!!

8 days until I leave isafjordur to go to reykjavik...should be fun, im going to go eat at subway ( i miss subway a lot) and then we are going on an excursion to see some icelandic sites in the south.

10 days until Boston for the night...well really like 12 hours but it should be a fun 12 hours the hotel has a pool and there is a mall and theatre right by the hotel.

11 days until halifax and kentville...we arrive in the morning and I am really excited to see the family and friends...and to get home and see the doggies!!

Like 3 weeks until CUBA...sun!!!!

Im watching Home Alone, the original one...it makes it seem more Christmasy...tonight I aim to get my paper done so that I dont have to work on it this week and I can hopefully get my other assignments done so that I can just have fun until I leave for home!!

See everyone soon!!

Peace,

Josh

:)

Friday the 13th

This day for a long time has been something of a mystery to me.

People always talk about how unlucky a day it is.

However, I was born on a Friday the 13th. On this "unlucky" day you were all blessed with my presence from then onward.

Little did you know how lucky you all actually were on that Friday, July 13th.

Hey everyone,

Hope your Friday's weren't too unlucky.

Peace,

Josh

!!!!!!!! 31 Days Until I leave for Christmas !!!!!!!!!!

Sunnudagur

Hey Everybody,

Just before we start so that you know Sunnudagur is Sunday.

I have been leanring some fun icelandic word and saying that I am going to try out on all of you when I get home.

I am coming home on the 12th of December I cant wait. I will be home until the 2nd of January but we are going to Cuba from the 22-29th of December. I cant wait for that either. I cant wait for sun, swimming and laying on the beach. I want to do excursions and stuff to but we just dont get any sun here in Iceland so it will be great just to get sun. I joke with people that im going to come back after christmas break and be really really dark with a tan...this however is not a joke I will be so dark people will not recognize me haha.

This weekend in Isafjordur was kind of a winter festival. There were people selling things in all the stores and streets. There was also people singing in the streets and the stores and there was even a dance troupe that was dancing to michael jackson throughout the streets. I was saddened in that there was supposed to be Icelandic treats and te and kaffi but we could not find it anywhere.

Oh well, Im going to be really productive today that is my promise to myself....after a few episodes of family guy. ;)

Talk to you all again soon,

Josh

Hello Everyone!

Hello,

Sorry I have not been good at posting to this blog. I will try and be better. Our last course was just a mess so I had all that I could do to deal with that.

It is now dark here when I get up at 8, I walk to school in the dark, and then it is dark again by 4 or 5 in the afternoon. That makes me sad.

I am really looking forward to going south at Christmas. We are booking the resort tonight. YAY!!! Warm weather, sun, and swimming.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at home! Let do lots of fun things!

I'll post again soon!

Peace,

Josh

Christmas!

Its only 53 days until I am back in North America, 54 days until I am back in Canada, Nova Scotia, and Kentville! I cant wait!

Great Time in N. Ireland!

Hey Everyone,

I have not been very good about posting to this blog recently. Sorry for that.

I just got back from Ireland and Northern Ireland - I got to see two countries but not many people think of it like that.

I had a great time and saw lots of stuff. I saw the Giants Causeway, two castles, some amazing beaches that made me almost want to go in swimming. I saw Belfast, which was beautiful lots of shops, and Dublin which was a great city I saw both the beautiful and the sketchy parts.

I am back in Iceland now. I had to stay at a hostel last night because the flight into Keflavik did not get in in time for me to get that last flight to Isafjordur. So after a crap sleep last night I am sitting here at the domestic airport, one which I have spent way too much time in i might add, waiting for my delayed flight to Isafjordur. Once there I am going to have a quick shower, as I feel like garbage after flying all day, and go to school which I am missing because the flight is delayed.

All in all it was a marvelous vacation and I got to see lots more than I even thought I would!

Thanks Mick, Kathy, and Jake!

I have TONS (literally 1000) of pictures and I will post them once I get a chance.

Peace,

Josh

Aurora Borealis!!!!!

Hey,

Last night we saw the Northern Lights and they were absolutely beautiful. I had never seen them before and they are like nothing that you can explain.

At one point they formed a ring and they that ring shot across the sky and filled the entire sky above us with this glittering green and pink. What amazed me was how quickly it changes. It was never the same for more than a second.

We all stood there watching it, many of us for the first time, and we were all in awe. We clapped when it got really amazing like it was fireworks and I think that people probably thought we were crazy.

One of lifes goals - See Northern Lights - Check!!

I will put up a picture on here but I have a bunch of pictures on webshots!

Peace!

SNOW!!

Hey,

It is snowing today. For the last week it has been creeping down the mountains all around us and today I accumulated on the ground in the town. It is snowing outside right now....huge flakes.

Ahhh....Iceland!

I posted pictures of my first snow in september, for all of you who are still warm and humid, on webshots.

Check it out.

Peace.

London and Belfast Calling

Good and Morning Everyone,

Just booked my tickets to London and then to Belfast for the week after next. Im really looking forward to seeing Ireland and I am really looking forward to getting in some warmer weather.

Today the snow was halfway down the mountain. I am estimating less than a week before we have snow on the ground here. The high temperature for the day yesterday was 5 degrees celsius. Brrrrr!

We have been having classes this week for 8 hours a day and at the end of each day we are all very tired. We had our weekly movie night last night and the movie that we watched was a national geographic film about the ocean if all of the water was drained. It was interesting but I think next week I am going to lobby for a comedy. Too much seriousness.

Alan, who lives across the hall, and I have been challenging each other to use abstract words in class. He had given me Obfuscate and Juxtaposition...I used them in an online discussion for our first class. I have decided to give him Ephemeral and Cantankerous! Good Luck Alan! Muh hahaha!

Well I will post more on my trip once I have more details and I will definitely post pictures!

Peace.

...People are Crazy...

Hey family and friends,

We here in Isafjordur have been going a little but stir crazy these days.

We are all working on group projects these days and one thing that we can all agree on is that we have group projects. Hahaha!

We have one more week of courses then two weeks of no courses but homework...some of us are heading off to get out of here for awhile. Don't get me wrong Iceland and Isafjordur are great, but you need to see new people and do new things sometimes.

Tomorrow is our last day of our first course. This first course has been great but i'm ready to more on to new things.

On another note...

I have been having an intense desire to listen to country a lot lately...i think i'm missing the valley and working on the farms this summer. AHH....summer...how I miss you.

(sings) Some beach....some where......! (sings)

(sings) God is great...beer is good....people are crazy! (sings)

Peace

Westfjords Sailing!

Hello everyone,

Just had a great weekend of sailing around the Westfjords. We had to come back early though because of the Gale warning that was posted. Sadly yesterday turned out to be a beautiful and warm day...no gale. However, we are all home and safe so thats what counts.

Our boat was beautiful a 60ft yacht. I would love to have a boat like that someday!

I took lots of pictures during the trip and they are all going on webshots right now, so in an hour or so they should be up an ready for people to look at. - http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/574630536crvnlr

I have been working on my paper like mad because I have, of course, left it until the last minute.

I have also been feeling like I need to get out of Isafjordur for a weekend or something. See new people and new things. Im sure that the feeling will pass but im thinking about maybe a weekend trip to Reykjavik or something may be in order. We will see!

Well id better go I have to go work on a group case study project; I have to read up on the planning act for iceland. - FUN!

Miss everyone.

Peace

Good and Morning!

Hey Everyone,

Just though I would post a little something before I head to school.

Today is rainy and windy here...im a bit jealous of the weather at home!

Its been great keeping in contact with everyone through email and on here and skype. (Such as small world)

Only 95 days until I come home for Christmas!!!

Everything is going well here...I am having issues getting back into school mode however. Today is the day that I will buckle down and start being productive....I said that yesterday though....hmmm!

We had a great apartment crawl on the weekend. We went from apartment to apartment so that we would all know where each other live. We had some drinks and good times at each house or apartment. It was really fun.

This weekend we have our sailing trip. We are gone from friday until sunday...so I will be incommunicado until sunday but I will have some great pictures and stories to share when I get back im sure. We are such a big class that we had to get two sail boats. Forecast for the weekend looks okay so hopefully the trip will be great. We are sailing around the Westfjords. It is educational but they say that I will be great fun as well. I don't see how it could not be fun!!

Well thats all that I can think of for now so...

Peace.