Showing posts with label Kantrybaer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kantrybaer. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2009

What To Do When S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Sets In?

Why, have a pub quiz, of course! At the Kantrybaer!
This local legend is Iceland most northern and, yup, ONLY, Country & Western bar, run by the Icelandic Cowboy,
Hallbjon Hartasson, is also THE (only) place to go in Skagastrond. Only open one night a week, except in high season (1/2 summer), I went in hopes of catching a glimpse of the cowboy himself, but I was told that he is "aging" and rarely frequents the bar, although he lives right across the street with a giant satellite dish! The closest I came was a picture of him hugging Dolly Parton on the wall, which I meditated on when the frustration of trying to do a pub quiz in Icelandic proved to be too much, even if it WAS presided over by the mayor. I teamed up with Bekke, the former headmaster of the school, and his wife Signy, and helped them win with some random naturalia and Steinbeck trivia that I didn't even know I possessed. The prize? A 12 pack of Carlsberg, woo hoo!