It's been a busy couple of days, but I don't really have much news. I got sick after last weekend - I'm not sure of the exact cause, but there's something going around in Reykjavik. I got hit pretty bad and yesterday I lost my voice. I went to the pharmacy (apótek) and got some medicine, so hopefully I can get back to normal soon.

Learning Icelandic is proving to be a challenge. I enjoy the language, but it's not easy to learn because it has so many complicated rules that I'm not used to. Here's a graphic I created to illustrate my point. This chart compares all the Icelandic variants of the word 'two' with the English words for 'two':

Icelandic has about a dozen variants for every English word and while the system makes sense I don't fully understand it yet. I am learning lots of interesting words and now I'm able to understand bits and pieces of Icelandic writing. I do like Icelandic a lot so I will keep learning.

The only notable thing that happened recently is that I saw the northern lights! I was out at a bar with one of my friends waiting for our other friend. She called me and said "I'm by the harbour. Look for The Northern Light." I thought she was saying she was saying she was at a bar called The Northern Light, so we walked around the harbour looking for a bar. Eventually we found her and she pointed at the sky and then I realized what was going on. I didn't see the northern lights for very long but it was impressive. I saw a bright green glow in the sky and above me there was a ribbon of light which was not as strong. I unfortunately didn't get any good pictures, but I will keep an eye out for this from now on!