by Iceland Study Abroad | Mar 22, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
The community of Sólheimar begins each day with morning meeting. Before the church bells ring nine o’clock, everyone gathers in the gym (or outside when it is warmer) to welcome the beginning of a new day. I begin by removing my shoes and scarf in the entranceway...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Mar 21, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
Through several of our class lectures and discussions, we have seen that the power of community is at the heart of social and personal well-being, as well as collective, transformative change. Looking back I can pick out several different forms of community that I...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
On any given Sunday afternoon you might find an Icelandic household making waffles or pancakes with family or friends to relax and celebrate the weekend. Last week, Herdis and Rosy, fellow Solheimar residents, came over to share this tradition with us as we settled...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
We arrived in Iceland at 6:40 AM when we deboarded the plane from Boston. It was a long and dark drive to Sólheimar, a drive through which many of us slept with faces pressed against the van windows. The entire first day was a blur to all of us who were trying to...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
To me, it is often the landscape of a place that has the largest and most impactful statement. From the moment I first saw a glimpse of the Icelandic landscape, I was immediately drawn to its majestic beauty of constant, rolling mountains. Mountains never speak. In...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
On Thursday, February 13, our group was scheduled to go on a trip to go to the Westman Islands. This involved getting up at 6:00 AM and driving so that we could make the ferry that left for the islands at 9:30. When we got to the ferry terminal, we discovered that the...
