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Weekly Newsletter 26 January 2024

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An Icelandic Adventure By Arjun Mehta (Thirds) Day 1

between two tectonic plates! A long time ago, the Eurasian plate and the North American plate had pulled apart creating the valley. It was beautiful and we walked on a path that led directly in between the two tectonic plates! In the evening, we reached our Airbnb house. To be honest, it was very creepy. There was a raven hanging on the wall and around seven windows had a view of the gigantic graveyard that stood opposite our house! Day 2 We woke up early and after a small breakfast, we left the house. We were heading to our first activity of the trip: a Glacier Hike! I was so excited. Once

Adrenaline rushed through my veins as I stepped out into Iceland for the first time. I was greeted immediately by a huge gust of gale, biting my face. The gale was so powerful that I was unable to breathe for a moment – a bit like how you feel on a drop in a roller-coaster. With every step my feet crunched in the snow. After taking in our beautiful surroundings, we rented our car and began our 3-hour journey to the Airbnb house where we would stay. We would make a few stops along the way at some tourist attractions. Around one hour into the drive, we pulled into a place that looked like a valley. After listening to a guide, we realized that the valley was a gap

My family and I left for Iceland on the first day of the Christmas Holidays. I was very excited for the trip and couldn’t wait to go out into the conditions, which were so unlike the UK. As we were nearing the airport in Iceland, we got a beautiful view of the place we would be staying the next few days in. The blanket of white sprawled on for miles, occasionally being ripped open by a towering mountain covered in snow. A frozen lake lay beneath us; it was difficult to believe that a body of water so vast could be robbed of any movement completely.

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