More spectacular weather but quite cold in the morning, around -10C. It heats up quite nicely by noon, a real delight to be out in the still, bright weather. As for the cold, I´ve noticed with regularity that Icelanders aren´t tolerant of it. Even when relatively mild (to my likes), they bundle up with hats and gloves. If you took a photo on a street, you´d be mislead thinking it was Siberia.

Yesterday I noted how Icelanders get paid at the end of each month. While there´s no poverty here, more than you think live from-hand-to-mouth, and that excludes the famous extravagant spending typical of Iceland. For example, just this morning someone told me how depedent he was on the paycheck, glad it came in the middle of the week so he could pay bills. From today, beginning of a new month, this fellow will live just to get by; from what I gather, he doesn´t live high on the hog but quite modestly.

The local bus service in Reykjavik is superb with frequent service. Three lines come out to my area of Grafavogur, a peninsula of sorts, connected by just two roads. This section of Reykjavik is fairly new, the newest being nearby Grafaholt beyond which is Mosfellsbæ, already a town which had been incorporated into Reykjavik some 15 years ago. As for Grafavogur, the two roads serve some 35,000 familes, so getting out (and returning) in the morning can be hectic.