Fireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices

Loved by Icelanders, apparently. I´ve been in Reykjavik now for just over a week, and have fallen completely in love with this city! even if I haven´t had a single night yet without the deafening explosion of fireworks, yet again celebrating the end of Christmas!
It was fairly daunting at first, navigating around the city, however as time has passed I have come to realise how small this city really is, in comparison to home.
I haven´t done a great deal yet recreationally; as i wanted to try and establish my bearings first, however within my placement I have barely had a moment to stand still. In my first week alone I have met with the PR and Marketing Director of the Reykjavick International Film Festival, sat in on some in-house media training, met with the Communications Director of The Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners as well as spending a morning with a personal tour of the National Icelandic Film Museum. All of whom have provided me with more information I ever thought possible, and it is striking to see how differently public relations operates here, it has presented me with a mountain of questions which I hope will now go on to form the basis of my report.
The people I have encountered so far are extremely warm and welcoming, unlike the weather which I am told has taken a dramatic turn for the worse since I arrive, which is just typical. However even with the weather being as cold and windy as it has been- I have never heard wind howl like it does here, it has not taken away from the beauty I have seen, every person I have driven with has been kind enough to take me off road to ´just show you this one more thing´- so far my highlight has to be being driven up a mountain (although they call it a ´hill´here) in a 4x4 in the worst wind I have known however the views once we reached the summit- and yes my heart was in my mouth, were simply SPECTACULAR!
I have a number of trips planned over my next four weeks, and I intend to keep my camera firmly glued to my face, determined to capture it all.


.....by the way still no Northern Lights....yet!