Iceland

For spring break I went on the school trip to Iceland. We arrived at our hotel Reykjavik in the early afternoon. Our hotel was right across from the biggest church in Iceland so it was easy to find, which is good for me since I get lost all the time. That night we all went out to dinner to a restaurant called Vegamot. The next day we went to the Blue Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa, it had saunas, steam rooms and silica mud you could put on yourself. It was quite an experience. The weather was really horrible, it was super windy so all the steam was blowing around. It was still fun, just not relaxing. We spend most of the day their so we didn't do much the rest of the day. On Sunday we went to a flea market, which was not exciting. The rest of the day we explored Reykjavic and went out to eat. Monday we went on a tour called the Golden Circle Tour. We saw Nesjavellir, which is a high-termperature geothermal area that supplies hot water to Reykjavic. We went to the national park Pingvellir and saw the ancient partliament Albingi. We went and saw the waterfall Gullfoss and a Geysir. On the way back to Reykjavic we drove by a greenhouse community called Hverageroi where Icelanders use the natural geothermal energy to grow fruits and vegetables. On Tuesday we went to the Culture House and learned about the history of Iceland. I got to write my name in Icelandic with a feather pen. It was pretty cool. That night we went to go try and see the Northern Lights. We had to drive outside of the city to get away from the city lights. It was so cold and horrible while we waited for them to appear. They finally did and they did not look anything like the pictures you see on the internet. It was still pretty cool. You could see them change and grow through the sky. On our last day four other girls and I went on a tour to go see the largest glacier in Iceland. It was quite a drive but since it was only the five of us it was like our own private tour so we could stop when we wanted. I do not really remember what much of what we saw was called but we stopped at a beach, a waterfall, the largest glacier and we saw a lagoon that has formed. It was col to see all the giant chunks of ice on the black sand. It also snowed for three days while we were there. I was not prepared for how cold it was going to be but it was still cool since I have never seen so much snow in my life. Overall the trip was really fun and I loved Iceland. Everyone is really nice and it is beautiful! I would definitely go back or recommend it to people who want to go somewhere interesting.