The party she took up to was filled with everyone who knew everyone and not the least bit pretentious in a backyard in area 101 of Reykjavik. The host welcomed us warmly - and Gudrun introduced us to warm, smart, creative Icelanders - a jewelry designer with bright red lipstick that matched her shoes and back pack, a sweet woman from Santa Cruz who spends many months a year in her Icelandic family home, a scientist who used to live in my upper east side hood and this fun architect/sculptor Gudjon Bjarnason - much more on him later - since we now have the key to his 2500 sq. ft house in a little village of Stokkseyri - and 40 miles from Reykjavik - a small fishing village that we'll stop at stay along the way to the Golden Circle - and - we hear all good things about this restaurant famous for it's lobster (we'll arrive likely just in time for the boyfriend b'day)... All this to say - each day we are being welcomed by the warmth and spirit of this place...
