Arrival

So, I'm at it again. halfway around the world, and attempting to blog about my travels. its never worked before, my posts have always fallen off rather drastically, but this time I'm determined. I have a goal: to take one picture a day, and post it that day. fitting, seeing and Iceland is one of the most photogenic countries ever! I only hope I can do it justice.  so, armed with my camera, my Nexus7, a card reader and a micro to USB cable, here I go! ...only I don't have all that with me, so it'll have to be tonight, but I will! promise!  I feel I should note that this idea came to me in part because of Katriina O'Kane, a friend from high school who is in the process of completing a 365 of 23 project. Her (film!) photography is amazing, and very inspiring. (I'll link to it in a later post because I can't find her site right now)

I'm sitting in a coffee shop across from then HI Loft where I'll be staying on Friday with the rest of the UBC students. For now the though, I'm at another YHA down the street. It had a rating of 94%, so I figured it was worth  a try! Almost immediately I meet 3 Canadians and an Aussie in the lobby, and we had discussions ranging from travel to the detriment of suburbs cause, to Rob Ford. Here, I've had a ham sandwich, and a Sviss mokka, the best I've had since NZ. The woman in front of me in line tried first to order an iced team of some sort, then resorted to an iced coffee, but when asked how espresso shots she wanted, she got confused. If her American accent had not given it away, this would have: like NZ, I don't think they do drip coffee here. And I'm OK with that!

OK, tablet dieying(should have charged on the plane...), I'm off for now.