Today the quest for pumpkin continued. I emailed the Canadian embassy about where to find pumpkin and they said my best bet was a store called Kostur in the town of Kopavogur, south of Reykjavik. This afternoon, my friend and I headed out to try to find Kostur. We had lots of time, so we decided to walk. It was an interesting trip - after passing by Perlan, we got lost in the woods and wound up in a huge graveyard which was a little spooky. After that, we eventually made it to Kopavogur, which is a lot less tourist-oriented than central Reykjavik. It was mostly apartment buildings and suburban sprawl. We randomly came across a frozen yogurt shop, where we got some delicious yogurt. Fortunately, I had a map of the area on hand, and we were able to find Kostur after about 2 hours of walking.

Kostur immediately reminded me of Costco. It was much smaller than Costco at home, but it had the same layout, the same types of products, and even some of the same brands. I was able to find a lot of products I hadn't yet found elsewhere in Reykjavik, like edamame, alfredo sauce, and Canadian cereals. Sadly, there was no pumpkin, and I have concluded that there is no pumpkin anywhere in this country. However, I was able to find the ingredients for poutine, so I will still be able to make some Canadian food!

I had an epiphany and I have decided not to make a pie tomorrow. I was going to make a sweet potato pie as a substitute, but they don't seem to have premade pie crusts here, and I don't feel like making a pie crust tomorrow because I've never done it before. Also, I'm hiking up Esja tomorrow morning, so I will be on a tight schedule to get back in time for dinner. I'll buy a cake or something similar, and once pumpkin arrives around Halloween I will make some delicious pumpkin pie.

Right now I'm looking forward to climbing Esja, it should be great!

This is at Kostur. It was great, I may need to go back someday!