One week in....

Now I´ve been here over a week I think I am more than qualified to comment on Iceland. The first thing that struck me was the determined nature to encourage binge drinking. In the UK, Diaggio put out warnings about drinking responsibly. Last weekend I picked up a guide to Reykjavik, the back page was given over to an advert for Olivers a bar in town, with a picture of a girl with a drink in hand and the slogan ´PARTY LIKE AN ANIMAL!!´emblazoned across her! I have never Loled so much in my life. Yes, binge drinking is not only encouraged it appears to be a part of the law. Having said that, for all their madness during the weekend the Icelanders are fairly quiet during schooldays. Nobody goes for a pint after work.

Last Saturday I was invited to a party, we got a lift off Atli (the King of Scotland) and arrived at some apartment on the outskirts of Reykjavik, whereupon we proceeded to drink ourselves stupid before going out into town. I was out until 5am, and I was the first to leave the festivities...

The work is cool, we don´t use permatrace or pencils or anyother recording materials except for a Total Station Theodolite, which is a machine that records everything on site for us. It saves spending about half an hour walking round site looking for masking tape.

I can´t think of much else to say at the moment, so I´ll leave if for now...