we left thursday early morning toward Akureyri, me Morgan, JeeHe and Nadine (who all are here at NES as artists in residency).
We travelled on the Ring Road (Iceland main road which goes around the country...my toughts went to the M25. I miss you London Orbital!), surrounded by a glorious white landscape, stopping here and then to photograph.
Travelling on the main road the landscape is dotted with farms, little spots of colours in the endless white. Differently from the area around Skagastrond, these tend to be bigger, closer to one another and in better conditions, it is clear that are in use and someone lives and work there. Around Skagastrond, I am never sure if the sheds and farms are abandoned or if i am walking into someone's garden.
We reached Akureyri, the "capital of the north" a quiet pretty town of 16.000 people and went for a walk.
We had ice cream...Morgan asked for directions and a burly men told her she could just eat snow! Well eating Ice cream when outside is -10 sounds a bit of a contraddiction but hey,the Akureyri ice cream parlour had a lot of character, altought ice cream was a far cry from italian gelato.
We went into a cafe'/bookshop...and there i saw it! A copy of OK Magazine!!
I normally don't read glossy mags, but this casual encounter made me realise how much i miss london! So i had a bit of a read, Katie Price got married again this time to her cross-dressing cage-fighting boyfriend and realised how i read this kind of magazines only when i wait for takeway in Curry King, Leyton!
a ring road+ a decent cappuccino+ Ok magazines...little signs of London!
Leyton, home sweet home, I miss you!
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