Spring Break 2025
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Read more: Close Encounters with the Althing kind (Thingvellir, day 3)
For the first part of our third day, we visited Thingvellir National Park, where the Althing was held during the days of the Icelandic Commonwealth.…
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Read more: Icelandic Geothermal Greenhouse VisitOne of the things we did today was visit Fridheimar, a greenhouse that is run off of geothermal heating and renewable energy. This was a…
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Read more: Sustainable, Sweet, & Simple!Today was one of the tours I was most interested in and looking forward to when I was home looking over the trip’s itinerary, the…
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Read more: Iceland Day 3: Dog DaysIceland day 3 blog incoming! Today was filled with outdoor activities so strap in for a lot of snowy pictures. We started off leaving our…
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Read more: TomatoesToday was another great day of exploring Iceland! We did many great things today, like going to the Gullfoss waterfall and a geyser, but what…
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Read more: Bumblebees in the Bitter Cold!Day 3 in Iceland included touring the Golden Circle and visiting Friðheimar Greenhouse. The first stop of the Golden Circle tour was Thingvellir national park,…
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Read more: Day 3: Carving WaterfallsWe began the day departing our hotel after a quick breakfast and ventured to the beauty that is Thingvellir National Park, which was once home…
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Read more: Winter Wonderland WaterfallsThe landscape of Thingvellir has been crafted and shaped by the massive and powerful water flow through the canyon. The water has, for ages, carved…
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Read more: Tomato in the TundraToday we visited Friðheimar Cultivation Center, a greenhouse in Iceland that provides around 40% of Iceland’s tomatoes. Now when you think of Iceland, gardening high…
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Read more: Keeping It GreenFriðheimar was an experience that allowed me to understand aspects of sustainable agriculture that I’ve never witnessed before. Sustainable agriculture was something I’ve never really thought…
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