Bingo!

Yesterday we had a fundraiser at FAS to raise money for our trip to Hungary. We held a bingo with nice prizes donated to us by local companies.

Hjördí­s made the dough. Nine or ten batches of it. Two full buckets, see the white one on the picture. Woke up bright and early, "die fleizige Hjördí­s".

At half past one Emil, Birna and Valdí­s started the frying. We got permission to work in the cafeteria and soon the whole school smelled of freshly baked waffles. Four big trays, 100+ waffles. We didn't count.

Auri and Chiharu also got up with the rooster and made 111 patties filled with meat and potatoes to give to us to sell at the bingo. Auri is our English and Spanish teacher, a Shri Lankan lady, and Chiharu is a student who came to us from Japan. Both attracted by handsome Icelandic men, I presume ;-)

In the meanwhile Siggi and Elvar were preparing for the bingo. They were the hosts and took their job very seriously.

Of course they did it pretty much like professionals. Well, perhaps not like seasoned bingo hosts, shouting "A flea in heaven 37" or "Two fat ladies 88" like they do in the UK bingo halls or "down under", but nobody ever asked them to repeat a number that I heard.

We borrowed the bingo equipment from the local Kiwanis club, thanks to them!


Well, to make a long story short, the bingo was a big success. We came a long way raising the money we needed and our guests went away happy.

Even those who didn't win any prizes. No wonder, the waffles were much better than ordinary waffles and the patties...

Mmm.

Maybe we'll make some waffles and patties for you Hungarians when you visit us next year :-)