Woke up around 11 or so. Left at around 12:30 to go to this Indian buffet, Shalimar. I ate so freaking much because I haven't eaten a lot here lately. It was only 1290, which was pretty cheap. There was chicken and lamb masala, some vegetarian stuff, fried dough things, and fried...chip bread things. Yum. I ate so much that it hurt to walk afterward. I waddled back to the flat and just stood with my stomach to the radiator and digested for about 15 minutes.

Then I dashed over to the University to meet with Dr. Hafstein. I left at 2, and still made it there by 2:15. It's been extremely windy these past few days, and it's rained very sporadically. On the way there, it starts raining like crazy. It's so freaking windy, probaby hurricane-force winds, that it's hard for me to walk into the wind. I realized why Icelanders never bring umbrellas-the rain blows sideways in the wind, so it's very hard to avoid getting soaked. The rain was pelting towards my face so hard that it stung. Literally 5 minutes after the rain started, it stopped suddenly, and the sun came out. I think I'm finally starting to understand what they were talking about when they said Icelandic weather was unpredictable. Dr. Hafstein brought his little one-month old baby boy with him! He was completely bundled up in this little wool thing and a little zip up sleeping bag-like thing. So adorable. He was a bit late though, and I was scared that I had walked in that awful rain for nothing. ahaha. Dr. Hafstein was really nice and very tall. Talked more about general folklore stuff...UFOs and aliens as part of American folklore. ahaha.

After that, I dashed back to the flat to change my pants, which had gotten soaked in the rain. Then I hurried to City Hall to meet with Alex at 3:30, who is from Asheville and was studying geology at the University. Went to Cafe Rot, where I got a slice of cheesecake. This random tall guy comes up and asks me if I'm Chinese. I said yes, and said so is he, gesturing towards a Chinese guy sitting on a sofa. I was like..oh...cool...and later he comes up, shakes my hand, and says welcome to Iceland. ahaha. Then Alex's Spanish friend Alberto (?) came (he was in Iceland on the Erasmus scholarship?). I'm so not used to the Spanish kiss on the cheeks thing at all. ahaha. Collectively, they've been to like...everywhere in Iceland and made a list of places where I ought to go. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to go to places...hitchhiking? He showed us a bunch of pictures that he took while traveling around, and the landscapes were gorgeous. He spoke to me in Spanish a bit, but I was too embarassed to respond in Spanish...ahaha...but yeah. They were really nice.

And now I'm here, wondering if I should leave and brave the windy weather again. It looks all sunny now, but I don't know if it will be later. Not sure if I should be eating too much for dinner after that huge lunch.