![In the bird reserve in Flói](http://ornosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/joachim.jpg)
On our birding trips we often meet like-minded people. Last year we met a group of Belgian students on a birding trip in Iceland. This was in February and the weather was quite cold. The group were searching for a Hooded Merganser on Elliðavatn, a lake just outside Reykjavik.
![The Belgian students in February 2014](http://ornosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/joachim-3.jpg)
When we found out that they were sleeping in tents we invited them to come and stay inside the next night. No Icelanders would ever think of camping in February. The group took our offer and we cooked them some traditional Icelandic lamb soup.
![Denise, Joachim and Kristin](http://ornosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/joachim-2.jpg)
One of these young birding friends was back in Iceland again last week. Joachim Bertrands from Belgium and his mother, Denise, had a week here to look at birds, whales and glaciers. The bird reserve in Flói was visited on their last day and then they came for a visit. Meeting birders from other countries is always interesting.
![The Bird Reserve in Flói](http://ornosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fridland-2.jpg)