2 posts tagged “söngkeppni”

So last weekend was the Söngkeppni Framhaldsskólanna and I went up to Akureyri for the weekend.  It was simply a blast.  I spent the majority of my weekend with Ollie, Ann-Sophie, and Lelenia.  Friday night we chilled and went to Sjallinn to see Haffi Haff and Bloodgroup.  Saturday we went café hopping and then to the contest.  That night there was a ball.  Afterwards Ollie and I decided to stay up and watch the sunrise.  It sounds kind of cheesy-romantic, but it wasn't.  We actually just stayed up, walked to a grocery store, danced around there a bit, then went home and ate, and then went to sleep around 7 am.  Sunday we just roamed around town and then went to the airport so I could hop a plane home.  On the way up I took the bus and ended up being seated next to a group of girls that sang non-stop for the whole 6 hours.  Needless to say, I did not want an encore.  It was a pretty intense weekend and worthy of a video montage.  It was too long for one so it's in two parts.  Enjoy.

So menningarhelgi, or culture weekend, with AFS was a complete blast.  We got to meet the President, tour around Snæfellsnes, have some crazy good times out in the middle of nowhere, chill in downtown Reykjavík (it's becoming one of my favorite places in the world), meet a big load of foreigners, spend way too much time on a bus, and in general have a ton of fun.  I don't have time to go into too much detail, but I should be able to have a bigger update next week.  It was really great to see everyone again. 

So today I went to Reykjavík for an art field trip.  I just found out about it yesterday.  I love that.  We went to this gallery in Hafnarfjörður and then we went downtown for lunch.  My friend Berglind and I went to Asia for the lunch buffet.  It was okay, but a tad European not so much Asian.  Then we had spare time to look around the shops and we bought some ice cream before heading to the Listasafn Íslands (the National Gallery of Iceland).  I had already seen all of the exhibits.  I went there with Ollie when he visited two weekends ago.  But, it was still fun to look around again.

This weekend I'm going to Akureyri for the söngkeppni framhaldsskólanna, it's the song contest between all of the secondary schools in the country.  I'm going up tomorrow by bus and am coming home Sunday.  It's going to be so much fun!  Akureyri is going to be full to the brim with framhaldsskóli nemendur (students) and a lot of other exchangers are going.  I'm going to stay with Ollie for the weekend.  The contest is Saturday and after it is a ball, which should be packed and tons of fun.  I can't wait!!