Islendingadagurinn, Aug 5 2012

More fun from the long weekend in Gimli.

Traditional Icelandic Women’s Dress

 

 

Icelanders love their books

 

 

 

This fellow had a lot of amazing old books from and about Iceland in English and Icelandic

 

 

Having some coffee and Skyr

 

 

Friz Nok

 

 

 

The Gimli game of Friz-Nok. Where you try to knock a beer bottle off a post with a Frizbee

 

 

 

 

“Hey camera guy! Take OUR picture!”

 

The Icelandic Festival Art Show in Gimli

 

 

 

Art by Freya Olafson

 

 

Everyone is heading to the Beach!

 

 

Gimli Public School, built in 1915

 

Nice little cottage in Gimli

 

Buick Wildcat

 

 

Cool dude with a puppy

 

 

 

The traffic in Gimli is crazy for the long weekend

 

 

 

Lots and lots of temporary tattoos

 

 

Hand crocheted viking hats made by Mom!

 

 

The Gimli Conference Centre

 

Salty’s in Winnipeg Beach

 

 

Before the fireworks, the orange moon rose out of Lake Winnipeg

 

 

Sparklers and fireworks on the beach

 

Fireworks over Gimli Pier

 

 

 

The Zipper, at the Carnival