Education

Jacob the contortionist!

I didn’t know he had these skills!!

Reynishverfi

Final stop after a very full Saturday was at the stunning coastline of Reynishverfi. The columnar basalt cliffs were stunning as were the arch and stack formations. 

Crazy Icelandic Weather!!

Our driver has done his best today in very difficult conditions. We’ve managed to do everything on the itinerary but have had to withstand some extreme winds and freezing temperatures....

Weather changes play!

We’ve had a packed day seeing many different and stunning sights. Due to high winds a snow due to hit the eastern side of the coast tomorrow we followed our drivers advice and swapped things...

Waterfalls

We  visited two spectacular waterfalls today. Seljalandfoss and Skogafoss. Isobaric uplift helped to create these stunning features. At Skogafoss we saw a full rainbow that was created by the direct...

Day one

It’s been a busy first day, hot springs, smelly mud puddles, the bridge between the continents and the blue lagoon!!

6 hours until departure

We’re off to Waterloo! No not the station, the battlefield!

2015 is a year of historically significant anniversaries. Although you don’t need an anniversary to study a historic period, they can come in handy for getting people to think about it. This June...

To all students and staff at Academia Británica Cuscatleca… Welcome to Iceland!

Monday was the first full day for the Salvadoran students and their teachers. Having travelled from the Tropics to the Arctic they were in for a huge change in climate. Today hit them with wind,...

Along the coastal road…

What a beautiful day it was for a trip down the south coast! Many of the most iconic photographs of Iceland were taken on this south coast and I witnessed some of these stunning geographical...

One day to go

Hope everyone is getting packed! Remember to meet on Rookery Lane at 2.30am. Put your swimming costume and towel in your hand luggage, ready for the Blue Lagoon!  

The Golden Circle, here we come!

We set off from Hvergerdi in snow, and in true Icelandic winter style this wasn’t the last we saw of it. The glistening snow made the approach to Thingvellir National Park even more spectacular...