Discovering an island

And once again two weeks have flown by in Schwuups. It was two weeks full of excursions and appropriately, there is much to tell. On October 5, we took a five-day trip to the Highlands, to the hot spring Landmannalaugar. The trip takes about three hours, so our departure was at seven o'clock in the morning. Once there we went on a hike, the sun was shining and the coloyrs of the mountains were really great. It was really cold, but I enjoyed the impressive, Martian landscape. At the end of the hike there was also a bath in the warm river: D

On Saturday another excursion was on the programme. We had to measure hills and ditches that formed during earthquakes. Unfortunately, the weather did not play along and in general it was very boring, we stood around a lot. Fortunately, we were efficient and were already three hours before the bus would pick us up again. So we walked to a geothermal spring and from there to the lighthouse we saw in the distance. So the trip took a positive turn.

The following Sunday, I made a trip to the Glymur waterfall with Gotti and her husband, who were vacationing in Iceland. The hike was adventurous, through a cave, crossing a river and once more beautiful views. In the evening we went to Harpa and attended a comedy event, which is said to be an introduction to the legends of Iceland.

The following week, we had two field trips in Energy and Resources. We visited different power plants and their operators, in hydro and geothermal energy.

Over the weekend we headed north. Because the trip took too long, I walked to the small airport of Reykjavik. At the start I saw the whole Unicampus: In Akureyri I met mum and dad, who spent a week holiday here in Iceland. Trips to various waterfalls, cliffs, volcanic craters and the Myvatn (lake) were the programme of the next three days. It was really nice, especially as the weather played along. On the return flight I was able to see the glaciers and the Harpa in the light of the sunset!

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