Sunday, June 27, 2010

Day 7 - Rest and Recovery... Reykjavik in the Rain

Originally we had planned to go to Þorsmork (Thor's Woodlands) on Friday, but after the 14 Hour Bus Tour, which ended after midnight, we decided that it would have been too much to do another 10 hour tour. So we decided to sleep in a bit, hit a few places in downtown Reykjavik that were closed earlier in the week, and have a nice dinner.

We lunched on hot dogs and sleazy burgers, and they were goooood. I've already waxed poetic on the awesomeness of the hot dog. We decided to go to the "sleazy" burger joint that Ari had mentioned. I'll tell you this, this place makes a great, simple burger. You will not find as rare a burger as we ate as we did at this place by the harbor. Ahhh... rare burger...

We just wandered around after lunch, visiting an artist workshop called Niu Heimar or "Nine Worlds." Turg felt an affinity to this place as he has a representation of the Niu Heimar tattooed on his shoulder. We chatted with the owner and artist in residence, Ari. He is incredibly talented, all his work beautiful and unique. First, Turg bought a necklace with representations of Odin's two ravens. Then, he mentioned that he was planning to get a tattoo at Reykjavik Ink, and that there were specific runes he wanted in this tattoo. Turg then asked Ari if he would design something for him... and he agreed. He needed some time to get inspired.

Ari and Turg

We left Ari, wandered around the city, did some gift shopping and went to dinner, because it started to pour. We went our for steak, since we were starting to get tired of lamb...

Turg at the steakhouse... see the bull in the background?

The steak was good, but not fantastic. But during dinner, Turg got an email from Ari saying that he had designs ready for him. Excitedly, we finished dinner and rushed back to the gallery. The designs did not disappoint - they were exactly what Turg was hoping for, and more. And Ari specifically said to make sure the tattoo parlor understood that these designs were for Turg only... they were not to be used for anyone else. Needless to say, Turg was quite honored.

Bindrune and Runestaves from Ari

Thanking Ari, we left for Turg's tattoo appointment at Reykjavik ink... when we arrived, well, Houston, we have a problem... and that problem was sunburn. The tattoo artist basically told him that if he got the tattoo with the sunburn, when it healed, well, it would not look very good. And he would not do a tattoo if he did not believe it would come out good. Given that Turg got this amazing, original design for his tattoo, he decided that he did not want to risk it. So... sadly, we left without the tattoo.

But the day was not lost. We got gifts, and we got an original design for Turg's next tattoo, which he will likely get in the States. Back to the hotel to rest up for our last full day in Iceland...

Next up... Whales and Puffins, part II

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