Civil Engineering
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Read more: Day 5: The Northern Lights!Today we started off by heading to the glacial lagoons, Fjallsárlón and Jökulsárlón. These were especially neat because they were a place for seals to…
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Read more: Day 5: Glaciers and WaterfallsTo start the fifth day of the trip, we headed to Jökulsárlón. This lagoon formed as the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier has retreated over time. The lagoon…
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Read more: Can You Ever See Too Many Waterfalls?To start off we left our hotel and headed to the Selejalandsfoss waterfalls where I did end up getting wet. This was a really cool…
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Read more: Day 3: Greenhouses, Geysers, and Golden WaterfallsTo start Day 3 in Iceland, we tried several traditional Icelandic foods: fermented shark, lamb’s head, and dried fish. Even though some of the food…
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Read more: Sustainable Tomato Farm and Golden WaterfallsImmediately after breakfast we were informed that we would be eating the famed fermented shark and sheep’s head. Personally, this put a pit in the…
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Read more: Visiting the Thingvellir National ParkToday we checked out of our Viking themed hotel and started on our way to the Thingvellir National Park which is the site of Iceland’s…
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Read more: Iceland Day 2To start the second day we fueled up with a good breakfast in the hotel and then started our journey to Thingvellir National Park. Thingvellir…
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Read more: My First Day in IcelandAfter almost 24 hours of traveling, we finally made it to Iceland! Getting off the plane was quite the shock from the 70 degrees in…
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Read more: Iceland Day 1Today we arrived in Iceland after a long travel day that had multiple delays due to bad weather. Once we landed in Iceland we were…
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Read more: Jean-Claude or Gabri and DavideGarret Phipps – Civil Engineering Claude-Jean, a Frenchman from Lille who spoke very little English, asked if the seat next to me was taken. It…
