1/2/15
So I'm a month late, but hopefully you guys will still enjoy seeing the pictures I took on New Year's Eve. I certainly enjoyed the experience I had while taking them.
(These are actually from a fireworks show a few days before the New Year:)
(Okay, now these are from New Year's Eve:)
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| While making our way towards Brenna/literally ''Burning''--it's a giant bonfire. |
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| Occasionally people wearing fire-resistant suits would walk over and dump more gasoline on the fire to keep it going, and there was always a big fwoosh and checking to make sure your eyebrows hadn't been singed off. |
One of the problems with having a giant bonfire in a country as windy as Iceland is that sometimes stuff like this happens:
And this:
And this:
Also, I found great joy in watching a group of adults playing with some sparklers:
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| This guy is 100% a wizard, just saying. |
After going back to the apartment to watch the New Year's comedy show-thing (can't remember what it's called--sorry!), we went out again to Perlan to count down to 2015, where we'd have a better view of the city.
''3...2...1...''
And that was pretty much it. I was pretty exhausted afterwards, but it was an exciting start to what has so far been an exciting year. Let's hope that continues!
Bonus videos:
(My apologies ahead of time for the crappy quality.)
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