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SEEDS 57. Nature and Culture in the South of Iceland (French scouts group)
27.07.2011
French scout group in Iceland : Bicycle trip from Keflavik to Vik!
“Les Caravelles” coming from the Paris area in France, decided to organize a trip for 3 weeks together in Iceland. Les “CARA” like we use to call them are a group of 11 girls that are between 15 and...
SEEDS 33. Stykkishólmur in the Snæfellsnes peninsula
20.07.2011
Stykkishólmur is probably one of the most beautiful things that I’ve seen in the sunset. The best place to watch this spectacular show of colours is the big rock in the harbor were the lighthouse is.
You have a panorama of the entire harbor and, if you turn your head around, you...
SEEDS 48. Nature & Culture in the South of Iceland
18.07.2011
How is farm life in Iceland?
If you ever asked yourself this question, then this workcamp was the perfect answer. This July, eight volunteers from Austria, France, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Taiwan got the chance to work for two weeks on a beautiful farm in south Iceland and gain some first hand...
SEEDS 44. Reykjavík - Green & Fun!
18.07.2011
The first day, when the group met, everybody knew that things were not going to be easy, not everyone spoke or understood English fluently but we managed to not panic.
We decided that if we had come to Iceland, it was to enjoy the experience and we would all do our best to have fun. Our idea...
SEEDS 53. Nordic Sailing, Coastal & Cultural festival
15.07.2011
We start the day with the best breakfast ever! Looking from the window of the ‘Dill’ Ship, docked in Husavik.
Swallowing slowly the delicious breakfast we prepared ourselves for another day of working in the ‘house’, ‘visir’, ‘shrimps’, ‘rax’-...
SEEDS 46. Reykjavík International Photo Marathon
09.07.2011
This workcamp has been simply amazing. It was the first time that I was leading a camp alone, but with such a nice group everything was super easy!
We were located in a school in the center of Reykjavík and apart from the photo content of the workcamp (I’m super happy! My volunteers...
SEEDS 25. Reykjavík & Ísafjörður Culture from Head to Toe
07.07.2011
The Annual music festival Við Djúpið was held this summer, as well as in previous years, in the West Fjord's capital Ísafjörður.
The festival hosted a team of seven SEEDS volunteers around the summer solstice. In Ísafjörður music has been part...
SEEDS 40. Vatnajökull National Park & Organic Iceland
05.07.2011
Those special two weeks were all about plants.
First week, our workcamp was based in Skaftafell where we had to monitor the lupin’s growth and kill the plants that threatened the native species in the National Park. In the next week, we moved to Laugarvatn and, as druids with little wooden...
SEEDS 32. Patreksfjörður - Unique West fjords
04.07.2011
Patreksfjordur is one of the well-known fishing towns of Iceland in the Westfjords.
8 SEEDS volunteers built the Dandelion Route above the town, a walking path for the locals and named one of the biggest stones above the town the Whale Watching Stone, because that will be the place to catch the...
SEEDS 30. Meet us, don't eat us!
04.07.2011
Meet us, don’t eat us!
This would be your favourite phrase for two weeks in the whale protection workcamp! You will have the chance to work in contact with an expert in whale protection, to have better knowledge about this huge and fascinating animal!
You will work with other volunteers...