Friday, December 11, 2009

78

So I´m sitting on the 4th floor of a small building in downtown Reykjavik, right off of the main shopping road. But, as my Couchsurfing host, Setta, says 'it´s all really downtown'.
This floor is dedicated to an oganisation called 78, which is for the gay and lesbian community of Iceland. There are only 6 people here, including myself. One of the young men playing chess let me use his laptop computer. Setta said that it is exam week so not many people were expected. It´s been over an hour so I assume this is it.
My arrival into Iceland was somewhat dampened by the intense pain of a urinary tract infection, which I finally was able to get antibiotics for today. I went to a hospital in the middle of the night because the pain was extreme, but they could only take a urine sample and detect blood and white blood cells. Also I am not pregnant, haha.
But I was turned away because the cost was too much, so I had to go back to Setta´s house and wait until morning and find a cheaper clinic. I saw a doctor for about two minutes and she wrote me a Rx for antibiotics. That took up most of my day.
Ah, well, I have to go. The person lending me this laptop is leaving.
Will update if I get the chance!

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