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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is the side of Caf\u00e9 Babalu, a foreigner-friendly (and foreigner-run, I think) caf\u00e9 that’s open late. Their seating is a bit bad though, especially if you’re sitting next to the door that goes out to the smoking patio. I’ve often seen groups of people knitting inside and they have lots of posters and artwork on the walls, although I’ll save photos of those for another post.<\/p>\n I have heard that “every second person in an artist”. The reason given is that Iceland is such a small and boring country that there’s nothing to do except read and practice art.<\/p>\n Pram parking.<\/p>\n “So-and-so is fat and ugly”.<\/p>\n The photos below were all taken by my friend A<\/a>. (Her blog is halfway about Iceland and halfway about herself, but she covers Iceland well.)<\/p>\n The coat of arms with cats. By the way, the new major of Reykjav\u00edk (J\u00f3n Gnarr<\/a>) has the Reykjav\u00edk coat of arms tattoo’d on him.<\/p>\n “Just smile and hope for the best”<\/p>\n Some roofs have these glittery things on them, like the purple one to the left in this photo. It’s supposed to be a drop of lava from a volcano, I think. The roof of the building in the first photo of this post is silver and shaped like a snowy mountain top. My eyes are too bad so I can’t tell you exactly what it’s made out of.<\/p>\n You can buy photo-books of graffiti over the years from the capital in bookstores. Graffiti here isn’t usually painted over by the government or businesses, instead they basically let people draw wherever they want. In some cases, the graffiti is actually a tourist attraction.<\/p>\n Classes have started for me again at the University of Iceland, and so I’m planning to make posts on how to enroll in the University plus how to get\/renew a living permit (if you’re from outside of Europe), and on what the classes are like. If there’s anything specific you want, like details on this class or photos of all the buildings, let me know.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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