Today was our first classroom day; we left the hostel at 830 for a 9pm start at the University of Iceland. Three lectures covered the definition of sustainability - including the dichotomy of sustainable development, Iceland's geography, and finally energy. The breadth of the topics to be covered in the course this week is vast. Tomorrow we'll discuss everything from Hydrogen power to politics and the economy to the environment. After class we headed home via Bonus (the grocery store - finally!) and after chilling out for the afternoon, headed to the thermal beach for a soak (my first since being here). The temptation of jumping in the freezing cold Atlantic was far to grand, and most of us had a (very) quick dip! It appears that the beach has been man made given the colour of the sand, and the thermal pool is a long rectangular .5m deep pool made of concrete. By the end of our soak, I was famished. The trek home was ~30 min, but it was with good company. Dinner was a grand affair with a fried rice-style stirfry.
I didn't actually take any pictures today, so here's another one from yesterday. This was taken at the location of the first parliament in the world mentioned in my text yesterday. The ridges you see on either side of the path are being slowly separated ~2cm/yr. One is on the Eurasia plate and the other the American plate!
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