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June 18th, 2007

  1. THE Hot Dog Stand

    June 18, 2007 by Gail

    THE hot dog stand

    Warren said I couldn’t leave Reykjavik without having an Icelandic-style hot dog from this particular stand. It’s a tiny hole in the wall, but there are always queues. The Icelander I sat beside on the plane told me to try it with EVERYTHING, so of course I did. (No, I haven’t tried the rotted shark yet.)

    This place’s claim to fame is having been patronized by Bill Clinton. Seriously, they have a little article about it taped up on the wall.

    The verdict: DEELISH. They have this special mustard sauce that’s mild, but the best part are the crunchy onion (?) bits. MMmmmm.

    By the way, I added a videoclip of one of the strongman competitions to the Viking Days post.

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  2. June 17: Iceland Celebrates Its Day of Independence

    June 18, 2007 by Gail

    watching a jazz/R&B group

    I had a field day in Reykjavik, photographing the celebration. I wanted to capture the spirit of Iceland’s people, and I think I found it all over the city: music stages, funfairs for the kids, dancing in the square, walking along Laugavegur (if you’re familiar with Vancouver, it’s like Robson Street), and the whole atmosphere of the day.

    My favourite photos are from the dancing in the square. People of all ages bopping to many different kinds of music: traditional, cover tunes (Beach Boys in Icelandic!! “Surfin’ USA” and “Little Deuce Coup”), Icelandic line dancing, tango, boogie-woogie, it was impressive! I’ve never seen such an age range dancing together, especially the old folk. I filmed and took pictures for a whole hour!

    dancing with mum

    happy

    Taking this picture nearly made me cry. A group of mentally handicapped were dancing in the square, and this one was so overcome with joy he hugged his group worker. I was verklempt.

    There was some incredible dancing going on: this guy danced with two and even three women at the same time. Check this out:

    Lots more photos after the jump.

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