Goðan daginn
(Good day!)!
It is the second day of Santa visits here in Iceland :D
Today good ole Gully Imp (pictured above) is painting the town red (not literally...you never know with these lads). Gully Imp was so kind as to bring me a lottery ticket. He must be a gambling man (or should I say troll?) Unfortunately, I cannot report any winnings. Oh well.
Our friend Gully/Giljagaur, much like his brother from yesterday Stekkjastaur, enjoys milk. In fact before days of milking machines, he would sneak into the cowshed, hide until everyone wasn´t looking and skim the froth off pails of milk but some versions say he just stole the milk. I cannot wait to see what tomorrows Santa will be up to. I´m learning on Santa at a time too, but I hear the antics of future Santas to come or more strange and humorous. We´ll have to wait and see.
The time is coming for Christmas parties. Most all work or schools have a party or jólaball. Læknagarður, where I do my work, is having one on Friday. There is sure to be hangikjöt which is a traditional smoked Icelandic lamb meat. Frankly, I´m not a fan of smoked meat, or usually meat in general. This meat is well loved by Icelanders. I am trying each time to acquire a taste for it. I hear it´s often served with potatoes and pickled red cabbage but I have only seen it on flatkökur (a type of flatbread...I cannot explain it because I don´t know an American equivilent). Also at these parties, you will most likely find Christmas Beer. It´s very popular in Iceland and I´m fairly certain all Icelandic beer companys produce one for the season. I think they are quite delicious and have decided to try a sip of each one this year. I´ll let you know which one is my favorite!
Thank you for reading today. I will leave you with a common Icelandic goodbye. "Sjaumst á morgun!" in other words "see you tomorrow!"
So, I've tried to comment on all that you have written....hope this works! I like the idea of a Christmas beer...we might have to come visit ;-)
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