Happy New Year

I am now back in London after an amazing time back in my lovely Iceland. I will not make you jealous you with details of how awesome it was meeting my lovely family, lovely friends, having lovely food and reconnecting with my lovely Reykjavik. Instead I will be making you jealous of the amazing wonders of the sky I witnessed.


(photo by Sævar Helgi Bragason)
Truth to be told, unfortunately I did not see any of the amazing Aurora this time, but I have seen them many times and thought they belonged here.


(photo from wayfaring.info)
I did however witness, one morning - for the very first time, an amazing phenomenon they like to call Nacreous Clouds. They are really cool. The Icelandic word for them is really beautiful as well, it would directly translate to something like glitter clouds. I saw them at the crack of dawn along with an amazing sunrise.


(photo by Gunnlaugur Júlíusson)
I also witnessed a lunar eclipse. Apparently it could be seen from all over the world though so you might not get that jealous. Oh, I chose that picture because I live right next to that hideous building. So this was almost exactly how I saw it.


(photo from visitreykjavik.is)
Last but not least, only my favorite time of year, experiencing the craziness of Reykjavik City when it hits midnight on New Years Eve - with the sounds of explosions like you are in a war zone (bless us, being the only nation that gets excited about that noise - it makes us so innocent) and the sky painted in the colors of the wind aka. fireworks.
(I know I have used this photo already, but it was in an entirely different context, sort of. Plus, it is just really cool and grabs the feel of NY pretty well)

Yeah, Iceland may be small and far away and people may not know where it is or may not be able to pronounce just about any words in Icelandic (read: my name) but damn does our sky kick your sky's ass.

That's all folks. Happy New Year.