Iceland 2011
WIRRALNuntius GRAMMAR SCHOOL A Foundation Business & Enterprise School for Boys Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AQ | Tel: 0151 644 0908 A p r i l 2 0 1 1 ICELAND 2011 The 2011 Iceland trip was a fascinating and incredible trip for everyone who was lucky enough to go on it! It enabled all the geographers and geologists in the group to get a first hand glimpse of some of the things we are taught about in lessons; the beautiful glaciers, volcanoes, geothermal power plants, and so much more! Not one minute was put to waste and I’m sure that it was an experience that we will never forget. We jumped on the plane for our 3 hour flight to Iceland. We arrived in Reykjavik airport to be greeted by our bus driver who became a the ice. Slipping over was probably not the most fun experience for legendary figure of the trip. His name was “Otto”, which became Matty Stewart, whose ‘life was saved’ as he liked to say, by Joe Clegg. a catchy chant from the boys at back of the bus. We were warmly In the evening we went to a hotel in the countryside where we hoped welcomed by the geothermal heated pools of the Blue lagoon, where to see the Northern Lights, but most of the lads were not too upset when we were all eager to get in, mostly because of the freezing cold they did not appear as they were distracted by another school (with Icelandic air! girls) from Manchester. There was a long coach journey on Monday morning to the glacier We then went back to our 4 star hotel called Hafnarfjorour, where we outlet lagoon where there was a range of sky blue icebergs.
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