For those who get homesick for Iceland: Monika and me made the most beautiful evening trip yesterday- of course visiting the countryside near Hellu. The children laughed that we would drive two and a half hours to stop for one hour but is was fun and we got nice cake and looked at the batch of new puppies and a little calf. Of course Monika drove otto von dumbledore but now we didn´t listen to beethoven but to Jonny Cash. After going to the movie "walking the line" we are both fans. Driving east in the dusk we could see the lights of Rauðalæk, Hellu, Hvolsvellir shimmering in the clear air like diamonds at a chain. Far away there was even the brightness from Vestmannaeyjar. On the way back home we stopped the car and took off the lights and stared up at the amazing mass of stars above us. There was no cloud, no moon to disturb us. I feel so tiny looking at the vast universe around us.