Our penultimate day in Iceland : (
Although it started off extremely wet and windy we have had a fantastic day. It started off at a Geothermal Power Plant where we were shown how they create 90% of their energy. Typical bills per month for an average sized house worked out at approx £60! If only in the UK!
A snowball fight followed outside the plant with a bundle finale.
We then proceeded onto Gullfoss Waterfall which was by far the most spectacular waterfall we have seen in Iceland. We have definitely set our sites on white water rafting down the enormous gorge for our next visit in two years time.
Lunch saw many of us sample a traditional 'Icelandic' lamb and vegetable soup. Yum Yum! Naturally some retail therapy followed and there are some great pressies on their way back to the UK.
The Geysers blew many of us away. Lots of aching and freezing cold arms trying to capture each explosion on film.
Our last stop was the Mid Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are spliting Iceland apart by 1-2cm per year. It felt absolutely magical to know that we were standing between them on some of the youngest rocks on this planet! Expect to see many photos when your sons and daughters return.
As we are blogging they are all currently sat in silence watching a film whilst sipping hot chocolate and eating pop corn and marshmallows courtesy of the trip leaders.
Can we take this opportunity to say that we have really had a great trip and hope that they have enjoyed it and learnt as much as we have.
Reminder - we are landing tomorrow at 7.30pm at Heathrow Terminal 1
Trip Leaders xxx
