by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
In the depths of a modern city surrounded by man-made architecture, whooshing, buzzing, and flashing cues train us to flow to the tune of this anthropocentric structure. We are accustomed to thinking, behaving, and weaving within our synthetic reality. In cities,...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
Time. Whatever your belief, this is a seriously confusing concept. It doesn’t start. It doesn’t stop. It just goes. It seems to go one way, but if we labeled it as monotonic then we could be committing an error on the magnitude of those who thought the world was...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 21, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 21, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
Sauntering up to Vigdísarhús, I feel confident and nearly invincible. I have my posse, so to speak, a still slightly awkward jumble of friends from school and new acquaintances yet to form a cohesive and comprehensive unit, but far from uncomfortable introductions. We...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 21, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
The first time I hung out in Graena Kannan Café, I hadn’t much expectations. I saw some familiar faces from our morning meetings drinking coffee, some other CELL students playing games. I’m usually nervous to meet new people, but everybody here is so friendly that...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 21, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
I have experienced so many different things in so many different ways in the past three weeks that I’ve been in Iceland, but there is one experience that always prompt me to ask new questions about the current system that we are living in and the need for a...
