A Whirlwind of Plane Flights!

Well I've been residing in Iceland for 2 weeks now!! It has been a crazy mess so far but in a good way. My flights in Boston were delayed 4 times and I got to Iceland just in time to leave 5 hours later to fly to London. After I got into London, and was there for less than 8 hours, my boyfriend Finnur, his friends Robbi and Kristin and I all drove, and rode in an underwater train that you drive your car onto, 4 hours to a small town named Arras that Robbi's friend told him about. It was such a gorgeous little town but it took us less than an hour to tour all the hot spots there. There's lots of pictures on facebook...check them out!! We stayed in the smallest hotel room ever...there was literally just room for the bed and a small bathroom but it was cool and we didn't really spend anytime there though. We made friends with our waiter and he brought us a sppon and two cubes of sugar at the end of the meal and we all looked at each other confused. Then he brought out this bottle of what looked like green cough syrup and it was this crazy strong alcohol that you pour over the sugar cube and then eat. It tasted AWFUL!! The next morning, I was not feeling so great from the night before, we went to Paris. We met French people who don't speak English and thought if they spoke French louder we would suddenly understand. We spent 2 days in Paris. The food was not as impressive as I had heard it would be and the service there was rude. Other than that it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. There is so much detail put into almost every inch of that country. We went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, walked through the Louvre, which is the mac daddy of museums. Let me see, we soaked of the sun next to Parisian fountains and the river that runs through the city. We saw lots of street performers, beautiful buildings, went souvenier shopping and soaked in great hot spots of the city. It just so happens that we were in Paris the same day the Tour de France was there!! How lucky! There were so many people line along the streets waiting for the bikers to come through. In Paris we stayed at a little hostel, it was certainly an experience I won't forget. The shower there was so awful. In order to get a weak stream of water on your body you had to hold down a button at all times and stand against the right wall of the shower. On top of that the shower curtain did little to keep the water in so our floor was really wet. The beds were like child size twin beds! Haha it was fun though. Then we went back to London were we stayed at our friend Robbi's (who came to France with us) flat. It was awesome. We went out to eat alot...the restaurants were great in London, but the buildings are not as impressive as France. We were in London for 5 days. We saw Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and lots of other tourist spots. It was a very relaxing vacation and I loved it. Then we all, yes Robbi included, flew back to Iceland. I was so relieved to be off that plane and staying in one place for more than a couple days. Now I am settled in Iceland, well sort of! I have done all the immigration requirements and now I'm just waiting on some card that will officially allow me to live here. I'm also offically registered for classes. The classes I'm taking are in English one semester and Icelandic the other. Unfortunately the semester that is in Icelandic is the fall semester. You'd think they'd do English first but NO that would be too easy! hehe. So I am being thrown straight into the language. I'm also going to enroll in a practical Icelandic language class and I'm starting to read childrens book in Icelandic. So far I haven't learn a lot but I'm catching on here and there. I'm SO nervous about the classes though. Well now that I've written an essay, I'm going to give it a rest. I'll be back to write soon!!