by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Now that we’ve reached the halfway point, I’m beginning to realize that I’m learning without noticing it. Not only this, but it feels as though I’m being equipped, rather than simply taught. Being a student is very easy for me. I tend to excel in the traditional...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
The words of environmental activist Wangari Maathai have stuck with me this semester, “Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” After watching the documentary Taking Root about Maathai’s...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Traveling and hiking around West Iceland was an incredibly eye opening experience for me. While exploring the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, I could take in the beauty of the area while also observing some of the effects that tourism has had on the vegetation of these places....
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
For our second overnight trip, we went to the west of Iceland, to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. It was a very beautiful part of Iceland, especially with the ocean right below the cliffs. I think my favorite part was making the various stops to see different views of the...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 22, 2017 | 2017 Spring Iceland
The farm I worked at in high school often hosted school trips to come and help out for the day. The students would drag their feet off the bus and look completely miserable: they clearly did not want to be there. Why would a middle-schooler want to work on a farm...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 22, 2017 | 2017 Spring Iceland
Going into the South Iceland trip this past weekend, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I knew we were going to areas that tend to draw more tourists and I wasn’t exactly sure how we were going to fit into that spectrum. At first, I felt like a tourist, as I am...
