Learning the Ropes

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't updated lately. I am happy to say that I have been keeping busy. The last time I wrote, I told you about Iceland's love of lamb liver. Well since then I have also been introduced to chocolate soup! Hannah and I thought it tasted like cake batter, cocoa, and pudding combined. Needless to say, it brightened my day! I told the chef that he needs to make more of it lol.

Anyway, I also went sight seeing yesterday. As most people know, Iceland is home to many active volcanos and geysers. Hannah and I went exploring with our teammate, Reggie. Her father happens to be a tour guide here in Iceland, and I think she would have made her father proud because she did a great job educating and chauffeuring us around. We saw two different waterfalls, the names of which I couldn't even try to pronounce, let alone spell for you lol. Just know that they were awesome! We also saw this massive hole in the ground where a volcano had previously erupted. Reggie said that when a volcano erupts it also imploads on itself, and it created this massive hole in the ground. Now the bottom is filled with water. It honestly looked like a meteor crashed into the ground. We also went to see the geysers which Iceland is also famous for. One of them went off every eight minutes, so I got to see that a couple times. Overall, I think we saw a lot of cool places. Iceland really is a beautiful and
interesting place, rich with history.

On the basketball front, things have been rough. We lost by about forty in our last game.
Granted we played the number one ranked team and they probably shot 80 percent from the field, but still it was a tough loss. Bottom line, our team is young and we have a lot of work to do. The good news is we will play this team at least three more times and I plan on winning. I have started lifting at least four days a week and I try to shoot as much as possible, but
it's hard because everyone uses the same court. Our first home game is on Wednesday, and I think we have a good chance at winning. I'll let you know how it goes.

The weather has been pretty nice this week. When the wind let's up, Iceland weather is bearable. It sprinkles often, but it hasn't rained hard so hopefully that continues.

Interesting fact, Iceland gas is around $2.30 a liter ( because everyone uses the metric system except the U.S). Anyway, Hannah and I figured that gas here costs almost $8 a gallon! Sucks that is the one thing I have to pay for, so I've started walking more often lol.