We had hit most of the tourist attractions we intended to, so Saturday was a more laid back day. We got up early to help Kristine and Binni with a yard sale they were having in an attempt to reduce their physical belongings down to 6 suitcases because they're moving to the US for Binni to do graduate work in Austin, Texas in August. After helping them carry everything down, Bryson decided he could make a sign and get the attention of passing motorists to advertise for the sale. He found a pizza box from the night before in the garbage and drew an arrow on it. Someone wrote "sale" in Icelandic for him and he stood out in the median and was very successful at attracting attention to the sale for more than an hour.
He also managed to get the attention of the Icelandic Police.
We were standing outside at the sale when a policeman pulled up behind Bryson. Luckily, I had my camera. He called Bryson over and asked him something Bryson couldn't understand. Bryson told him he was American and only spoke English. The policeman asked him what he was doing (in English) and Bryson told him he was advertising for the sale. The Policeman thought it was too dangerous to be in the median, so he asked him to do it from the side of the road. Fair enough. This whole time, Binni's family, David, and I are on the other side of the road laughing at the whole event. By the end of the weekend, Bryson was known to Binni's family as "the criminal" especially to Binni's brother-in-law, who also happens to be the Branch President of the Iceland Branch of the LDS Church, coined the nickname and would call Bryson nothing but "the criminal".
We ran over to Reykjavik in the afternoon to go to the flea market downtown and do some shopping for souvenirs.
Putting Bryson's minutes of international crime behind him, we were able to enjoy a concert that evening. An Icelandic band, Of Monsters and Men, was throwing a free concert at a park in Reykjavik. It sounded like fun and as an extra bonus we knew it would make McKay jealous because we know he likes the band. The band is having growing success and wanted to give something back to the people of Iceland. They joked that at the concert they threw the year before there were about a dozen people there.
We had a great time!
On Sunday we went to church in the Iceland Branch and stayed after for a linger-longer lunch where they were hosting the new Copenhagen Mission President who covers Iceland as well. After the linger-longer, we went to Binni's parents house with his family for dessert.
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