I have been on crutches and in a wheelchair for less than 48 hours and I am super grouchy about it. I will do a separate post about my doctor's appointment on my knee, but first I have got to finish up the last few days of the Iceland trip!
Friday in Iceland was all about World Cup Soccer! We got up and out of the house for breakfast in downtown Reykjavik and also indulged in a sweet treat! Look at this crepe! It was so good.
We watched Game 1 in a bar and it ended in a tie - which brought Icelanders to tears with joy! We really wanted a win for Game 2! Iceland vs Nigeria! AFRAM ISLAND (which I think means "Let's Go, Iceland!") I yelled it a lot, even with no clear understanding if I was using it correctly. We watched Game 2 at Esra's mom's house!
Kristin was ready!
Iceland has never been to the World Cup!
And also, they are the smallest nation ever to make it to the World Cup (population of the entire country is 340,000)! Many of their players have side jobs because the Iceland national soccer team is only semi-pro. In fact, the goalie is a filmmaker and made a rocking Coca-Cola commercial that made us tear up during the game. The team coach is a practicing dentist. All of this made it very easy for me to adopt Iceland as my very favorite soccer team ever and get 1,000% invested in this game.
A momma and her boy! Nothing better!
Callie was ready!
Esra, his momma and his two beautiful sisters. All soccer players! Did I mention in a previous post that we came upon a book in a Iceland bookstore called something like the Women of Iceland...it was a coffee table book about women who had played soccer for Iceland. Esra's mom was in the book on nine different pages! She played from about 19 years old to 29 years old. Esra played for UAH. His sister Asta (on the right) played for Florida Atlantic and now plays in Iceland. His youngest sister in the white shirt is apparently the best of them all! She just graduated high school and is trying to decide whether to play at the collegiate level or try for professional women's soccer. These people KNOW soccer!
It got intense really quickly!
Esra tried everything to turn the tide for Iceland, but they ended up losing to Nigeria. He loves this team! Still one game remaining, and if all the cards fall into place Iceland could still move on.
Our last night in Iceland we ordered pizza that was so dang good!
Our flight was at 6:00 pm the next day, so Saturday would be all about getting re-packed, cleaning up the awesome apartment we called home and getting down the stairs one more time!!
What a trip...what a Country...what a wonderful family. I believe the What A's over came the horrible accident that really had you in pain. A trip for a life time, and after reading all your blogs and seeing on the pictures, you fought thru all the misery and made the most of it. Thanks for taking us on your voyage to a beautiful country.
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