Mmm...Japanese Food

Not a whole lot has happened since I last posted. I am here for school after all, not just a vacation, so I've spent some time doing ordinary schoolwork.  My classes are going really well. I worried that I wouldn't be able to keep up with the Icelandic education system, and although there is a lot of reading, I don't spend as many hours in class as I would in Ottawa so it's not bad. Icelandic is a killer language but now I can say a few simple phrases and I feel like I'm learning a lot! Soon I'll have this crazy declension system under my belt.
On Thursday I went for sushi and it was delicious. Based on a recommendation from a friend who lived in Iceland last year, I went to Sushibarinn on Laugavegur with some of my friends. They had some stuff I can't get at home, like horse nigiri and whale rolls. While I avoided those exotic dishes, I was thrilled to discover that they had edamame, which is one of my favourite foods at home but I haven't seen it at any grocery stores. Here's a picture of my food:

The next night, my floor had a sushi party! I went to Kringlan (the shopping mall) with my friend and we stocked up on all sorts of Japanese food-related things: seaweed, rolling mats, soy sauce, chopsticks, and so on. We also have two massive bags of sushi rice on our floor now. I've only made sushi once before, so it was all quite new to me, but fortunately I had lots of Japanese students on hand to guide me :) My first roll turned out kinda iffy, but my second one looked better. There was lots of delicious Japanese food and it was a great way to bring our floor together.