March 26th, Annunciation which here in Iceland receives no notice except for the small Catholic church. Yesterday that friend and I visited several people with whom he had business. This included two stops at people connected with the Academy of Reykjavik with which we plan to set up a scholarship pertaining to religious studies. As it stands now, a yearly scholarship would be offered in the field which for the moment is kept deliberately vague. Both Icelanders and foreigners would take advantage of it, the latter most likely pertaining to guest scholars. Mid afternoon we decided to drive to nearby Kopavogur, the new IKEA superstore which has a nice cafeteria and inexpensive, limited though good menu. A fine day which we topped with the weekly Grafavogskirkja meeting. A half hour beforehand I received a message over my cell phone saying that it’d be held instead at one of the particpant’s homes in nearby Grafaholt. Turned out quite nice though lacked the atmosphere you get in a church.

A delightful day after over a week of stormy weather.