Spring Break 2025
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Read more: Falling for yaTourists at locations like the Skogafoss waterfall can significantly impact the local ecosystem, causing land degradation, air and noise pollution, littering, trampling, and altering natural…
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Read more: Iceland Day 4: IlluminationDay 4 had a lot of walking, glaciers, history, and a special surprise! We left our hotel to head to Skógafoss, a waterfall in southern…
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Read more: Stairway to BlizzardHellooooo day 4. Our first stop today was a bit of a drive but we stopped at a gas station again. I have been loving…
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Read more: Glaciers!Today we went to a few places including the Skógafoss waterfall, the Skógar folk museum, and the Sólheimajökull glacier. My favorite site of the day…
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Read more: Aurora Borealis!! Also like Waterfalls and GlaciersGreat Scott we saw the Northern Lights! Aurora Borealis! That has to be a trip highlight. I had my hopes up since signing up for…
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Read more: Day 4: Defrosting glaciers
Today we visited Solheimajokull, a popular glacier to visit in the South of Iceland. From the parking lot, we started on a snowy, gravelly path…
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Read more: Day 5: Sustainable Tourism (and also Northern Lights!)Tourism has greatly increased in Iceland in recent years. This is due, in part, to Iceland making the news in 2010 due to a volcanic…
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Read more: Under the LightsI saw THE northern light. I could not believe it. Initially, I was outside stargazing and relaxing after a long day of sightseeing. The night…
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Read more: Innovate or ElseThroughout this trip, I have been astonished by the way that Icelandic people have adapted to the natural landscape to innovate and thrive in this…
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Read more: Day 4: Glaciers and More WaterfallsToday we began our day departing the hotel early in the morning and ventured to the Skogafoss waterfall, where we climbed up what felt like…
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