-Jan 22nd. Yesterday I and some folks went to a large horse farm in nearby Hafnarfjordur where they had open house for young kids. The farm has a course for those 8 years old and up, how to take care of them etc. It was the first time in a while that I got up close and personal with these beasts, very shaggy, small and obviously adorable. The entire area was filled with riders, very impressive, because from what I gather, the Icelandic horse has a gait opposite other breeds. This enables the rider to be very still, not moving with the horse. What makes the sight even stranger is the comparative size of the horse and rider, almost cartoon-like.

-On Friday I caught a cold which lingers into today and probably not helped by being outdoors at the horse farm yesterday. I asked the boss to let me out an hour earlier to rest, for this evening starts the month long course in Icelandic offered by the post. A month seems too short but better than nothing. Perhaps I can expand it afterwards.