WE ARE HOME

After 5 days, no darkness, thousands of miles by plane, a few thousand by bus, up and down many hills, mountains and glaciers . . . we arrived home! It was a great trip and we were able to find lots of amazing experiences of the volcanic landscape that is Iceland. Waterfalls, rivers, coasts, glaciers, hot springs, plate margins - we have seen them all! Thanks to all the students and staff who were away with us. It was a great trip and you were all very good and allowed us to have a great time as well!

Who knows where we might go next year!

(new photos from dat 3 and 4 now up!)

Check out the Photos

The main page for the photos for the 4 days we travelled around Iceland can be found here! Check out our photos!

I will try and put up some video in the near future!

Day 3 - There CAN be sun in Iceland!

Day 3

Today we rose at 7.15 to head off with Yohann and our guide to see some mini craters. These were formed by magma bursting through the earth’s crust. We then headed on to our second waterfall of the trip, called Skogar. It was very beautiful, standing 61m high, with a troll-shaped rock at the side. Here we indulged in our light lunch of sandwiches, etc and Caelan and Danny ate some rather sickly massive chocolate bread things! We then headed onto a glacier. Here we learnt about how to deal with and cope with standing on a glacier. After this Yohann (what a legend!) drove us to another waterfall called Solheimajokull. We were able to walk behind this one and to stand under it in some cases – Matthew! We then went into a small but baltic river where some people even cried with the pain of the cold! After this we headed to our new bedding place and started writing this blog!

What have we leant / find out about in Iceland?

Really isolated waterfalls which are a glorious site.

Towns of 5 houses with nothing inbetween!

The tour ladies poor English!

There was 1 waterfall in particular which was beautiful it had a rainbow gleaming out of it and a troll face watching over it and you could go so close you could actually feel the power of the waterfall falling onto you. Matthew came out drenched!

By Rowan, Caelan, Meagan and Kelly then Robert, Vicki, Ross and Catherine

Photos for Day 2

Here is the link for the pictures for Day 2!

Have a good day!

It rains in Iceland - Day 2

Slemish do Iceland Day 2



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Really packed day today. After an early breakfast we drove to our first stop at the Geothermal power station at which we were explained how the station supplies energy to the whole of Iceland, while also ‘enjoying the aroma’ of rotten eggs which seems to be everywhere in Iceland. We then went to a greenhouse where there was some plastic plants and some purple Ice Cream. We all went and played with the different hats and made the sheep eat our purple ice cream. We then made the monkey talk and play on the roundabout. (How weird are we?)

After this, we went to see the Geysirs. When we arrived all we could see was steam. We walked round the area which was filled with lovely bubbly pools and loads and loads of squirty geysers. We saw Strokur erupt, which was definitely a highlight of the trip, and lots of us got great footage. It was fantastic to see the power of the water. After this we had lunch before a good sleep on the bus before our next site.

Our next stop was the Gulfoss waterfall. We were impressed by the velocity at which it moved through the Gorge. We took lots of photos that we will treasure forever along with the memory of the old Icelandic who nearly slipped to his death on the wooden stairway.

On our journey to the viewing gallery (Perlan) in Reykavik we had some very interesting and inspiring facts from the world’s most boring tour guide who pronounces the simple word banana as bananananananananananas. Let this be a lesson learnt ‘no translation tapes’. The last part of the day we spent on this viewing platform and the view over the city was amazing. Overall, today was the best day EVER!

Samuel, Lauren, Gavin and Matthew

Report from Iceland! We Have arrived! o

Iceland Day 1

Arrived at airport at 5.30am and already travel began as Lauren attempted to pack 3 elephants into her 2 cases. Got the plane to Heathrow and there were no tickets registered for the group. After several safety checks we settled into Terminal 1 for a few hours. We boarded the plane at 12.35pm and took the ‘best plane in the world’. The group was dazzled by the touch screen entertainment system. Eventually, after a fidgety flight we landed in Keflavik and we were escorted through ‘nothing followed by nothing’ to the Blue Lagoon.

This was an overheating experience but very relaxing. At 6.30pm we arrived at the Hotel Cabin and the team were astounded by the number of Subways and KFCs in Iceland! It was followed by a light dinner that seemed to be a never ending starter! We took a brisk walk around the city centre and saw about 30 people on the way! We were welcomed by smiling faces and found a shop called 10/11 that was the highlight of the day for many people!

For more photos go to this site

Rebecca, Danny, Bobbie Joe, JD

Just in case . . . . .

I know what it is like in the last moments before a big trip . . . you can't find any of the stuff that you need . . . so let me put a few of the files that need here!

Code of Conduct

The Packing List

The Itinerary

The Safety Guide

If you need another copy of the contact list for parents - email me before 8pm on Sunday and I will try to get this back to you! Not putting these details on the site for obvious reasons.