We got along very well with the group of Greenlanders who were also stranded in Reykjavik.

Lisbeth invited us over to her home last night for a meal along with another local couple. We had a lovely time chatting about life in Greenland, their experiences having grown up there and the influence Denmark has on the culture and life in modern Greenland.

We were treated to a range of local foods and some were a completely new experience!

We started with a selection of smoked wild salmon, whale blubber, white whale skin and meat, dried shrimp and air-dried cod. Each was eaten in a different way. I found it all quite tasty but was less sure of the whale skin and meat (chewy) and the blubber (oily and odd tasting).

Reindeer from the market where we had seen the hunters selling freshly butchered meat the day before. Most people also hunt and Lisbeth and her husband would have some in the freezer. It is fantastic, like venison but meatier. We had it with turnips from south Greenland. There was a good chat about hunting and how and what people hunt. Patricia’s husband shared some photos of a recent musk ox hunt he had been on. Lots of meat!

We finished with a crow berry dessert. Like blaeberries but juicier and not so tart.

It was a very pleasant evening of good food and excellent company.

Lisbeth’s husband works for the hydro company and explained a lot about how the energy needs of a growing town like Nuuk at still being met by th old hydro electric system but how they may reach capacity in the near future. It will be a challenge in the next few years if tourism increases and mor people move to live and work in Nuuk.

We also saw a wonderful aurora borealis …a broad streak of pale green swirling and twisting above us. Beautiful and mesmerising.