Hugrún goes exploring

 A post by Hugrún Lind Stefánsdóttir

This week was very fun and we learned a lot more about our Icelandic heritage and past. I learned a lot about how Icelandic sagas were made in the past that I did not know about that well before. I also learned about how closely related all Icelanders are to Snorri Sturlusson and how every Icelander is most likely related to him. It was very fun to take the Hungarians to the social Center in Garður and to see them have a lot of fun. I think that the highlight of the trip was when we went on electric scooters around Reykjavik and we just saw how much fun the Hungarians had on them. I think that the most interesting activity was the elf school. Some of us went to compete with the headmaster to see who could eat an Icelandic pancake with jam and whipped cream the fastest and the headmaster usually won but Kristjana, our teacher, won him when she ate A WHOLE pancake in one bite! She didn’t even chew! But the elf school was very interesting and we had a lot of fun. The first whole day we went to Reykjavik and went to Þjóðminjasafnið and then we had 2 hours of free time where we went down town and saw Hallgrímskirkja and we went up and took some photos. Then of course we went to the elf school. The 2nd day we went to Borgarnes where we went to Snorrastofa and a museum about Egill Skallagrímsson and more, the third day we went to the saga museum and it was a lot of fun, we also went to fly over Iceland and horse back riding where Þórir found out that he is allergic to horses. And the last day that we have programs we were doing some workshop stuff, we went to Fablab to make a souvenir and then we went the Golden Circle.