a quick hi!

and pictures!!

xo all!

one more..

hi!

I finally finished the captions on the second part of the May 20th album...go half way down the album to the flea market for the new captions and another 100 photos...

xo

enjoy!!

hi!

photos!

ate at the Burger Joint the other day, and Icelandic Fish and Chips yesterday (no photos of fish n chips - forgot the camera, boo...yesterday I stayed behind in the lab to process some benthic organic matter that we collected the day before...today is also a lab day as it is supposed to be crappy outside so we can't do slugs just yet...

nice to catch up on emails and the blog - uploaded more photos to a new album.  I still need to finish captions and uploading the final 100 pictures to the album from May 20th...stay tuned...

I've got another week here..plenty of time to finish up the rest of landscape field work as long as the weather cooperates!

yikes!

xo

Gόδan dag!

Which sounds like "Goh-then darg" or something like that.  The "d" is a special character that I can't find right now on the mac.  All I really know how to say is "Ja" (yes, but pronounced "Yeow") and "Nei" (no) and "Takk" (Thank you).

We've been having a fantastic time together of late exploring Rekyjavik and the surrounding area!  We feel very lucky to be able to share this time together under the guise of field work - go science!!!  

We have no internets at the apartment so we've had to compile pictures and blog posts at home then wait for a chance at the internets...Uploading pictures goes slowly, but probably doesn't help that I upload 100s of photos at a time..

at this point, I have to update captions on the photos (which I can only do with internet access!), so this post shall be brief...

Here is a link for 400+ photos...captions only on the first half - this is a lesson in keeping photo posts brief!  phew!

Dan also captioned the first link of photos, here it is again..

xo

ct!

pictures! no comments yet though..

hi!

Hallo!!

We have made it to Iceland!!! All flights went smoothly and all our baggage arrive safely. We spent our first day struggling to stay up, we arrived at 630am to happily sunny Iceland... We bought our duty free rations and sped our way to the airport Kaffitar for a strong cup of coffee and kleina, an Icelandic pastry - diamond shaped savior of a pastry that went well with our cuppa joe. Fully caffienated, we grabbed the trusty silver bullet - the Suzuki Vitara rental car that Dan will be using all summer for field work and general get up and go. We got the keys to Dan's University Apartment which we were pleasantly surprised with - top floor (3rd) with a great view of the famous church and snow-topped mountains. We picked up some apartment kitchen supplies and field gear at Veidi, groceries at the Bonus and Haugkuap, and walked to downtown to get a tasty bowl of noodle soup at the Nudlestation. We also took an awesome 3 hour nap that totally recharged the senses...After another nice walk through the neighborhood and the seaside, we were happy to change into the PJs and call it a night....we crashed at 1130pm and here we are now Thursday morning and we're headed into Hengil already for a day of field work! It should be an easy day, sampling for epilithon which means scrubbing rocks in 11 of the 13 streams...

We still have Dan's immigration stuff to take care of and some office stuff with the apartment, but then we should be able to go on our ferry ride tomorrow!

more soon, pics soon!!

xo
ct and dn

OK, GO!

woo hoo!!
The house is cleaned, our bags are packed, taped up, and labeled!...I've sent off rough drafts of my 2 chapters off to my advisor to mull over, all important loose ends are tended (i.e. someone is taking care of Hannah and the garden, work can sit as is for a few weeks)...we are ready to go!!

Jon picks us up tomorrow morning at 730 am...within an hour and a half I hope we are happily through security and awaiting our departure at the Birmingham airport...At that point is when I personally can FINALLY relax...and get ready to enjoy exploring Reykjavik with Dan, and feel happy about participating in field work - so nice to be a warm body(hopefully I get a work out of sorts and lose these extra Southern pounds - darn you fried okra and BBQ ribs!!).

We already miss Hannah terribly...her face stink is intoxicating...

xo, us