Staff Parties!

Whale Watching Staff Party

Monday we went on a whale watching trip. It was a lot of fun! The weather was pretty bad, but our boat still tried to go out on the water. We got hit by three waves before they decided to turn us back. The first was enough to make people alert. The second was enough to make people hold on to their seats and the this was enough to tilt the boat sideways and to throw all of our cans and glasses across the room.

Michelle and I on the boat

Akureyri

Last weekend Michelle and I hitch hiked up to Akureyri. Michelle is the new volunteer who is helping out around the hostel, and she happens to be from Hamilton! We didnt have a place to stay because the hostel was booked for the weekend, so we decided going to Akureyri would be a good way to see some more of Iceland and have a place to stay.

Hitch hiking was easy. the first five cars took us small distances to get out of Reykjavik so we had a better chance of finding someone who was going up to Akureyri (its about 4 hours north of Reykjavik). It was a very windy day, but we were dropped off at some pretty cool places!

Third place we were dropped off to Hitch Hike