>Nice pictures Haukur!

Thank you, Keth. You can have more if you want:)

>Were these your physics students?

Yes they were.

>btw does "sólsetur" [sp] *always* mean "sunset"
>or can it, under different circumstances, also mean the opposite?

It always means sunset. The "set(u)r" part is not
thought of as "home" but as something more closely
related to the verb "setjast" - to sit down.

>Near the "icy lake" is a building with some sort of pillars.
>What kind of building is that? (the lake is in Reykjavík I assume)
>(the building is near the water towards the left, as seen from
>the camera)

The "icy lake" has the name "Tjörnin" - "The Pond".
The building with the pillars is the city hall (Ráðhús Reykjavíkur).
It was built a few years ago - into the pond - and met with some protest.

>In the sunset picture, there are several small trees.
>What kinds of trees are they? (sticking out of the snow)

They are Icelandic trees - which are really more like bushes:)
I dare not name the species, I would just call this "kjarr".

Sigurður Nordal said something like:

"Íslendingar hafa fyrr og síðar ruglað öllum trjátegundum saman."

"Icelanders have, both now and in antiquity, confounded all
types of trees."


Alice noted:

>Thank you for the picture tour. I noticed how bundeled-up the
>students were in their jackets even in doors. Gave me chills just looking at
>them. It will be a good picture to have when its 120 or so in Arizona
>this Summer:{}

The school is in several building and the students have to travel between
them between classes, there have been some very cold days recently.


And finally the sign:

Sendi-ráð kín-verska al-þýðu-lýð-veldisins

Sendi-ráð = embassy, "sending council"
kín-verska = chinese (pl. gen.)
al-þýðu-lýð-veldisins = people's republic, "all-people-people-power"

Kína = China
þýða = people (OE þéod)
alþýða = common people
lýð(u)r = people (German Leute)
veldi = power, state
lýðveldi = republic

Óskar read the chinese inscription for me but he didn't know the second
last sign,
E-ching to the rescue? :)

Regards,
Haukur