Day 20: Last day of weekend class!

So Sunday we had class too. Up until lunchtime we finished learning about environmental policy implementation and indicators and then our groups presented our powerpoints on several different states. Each group discussed current energy development and consumption, as well as the possibility of renewable energy as a viable option in the future. Sophie and I didn't have that much to begin with this morning, but by the time we presented we had a respectable slide show and talked for about 15 minutes about energy in Texas. I learned so much doing this project! Did you know that Texas is the nation's leading producer and consumer of energy? Also, if Texas was its own country, it would rank 8th for countries with the most greenhouse gas emissions. On the bright side, Texas has developed the greatest amount of windpower in the U.S. and is home to the world's largest wind farm in Roscoe, Texas.

After class most of us headed over to Akureyri's city pool. It costs 450 to get in, but it's really nice. There's a leisure pool (moderate temperature), a lap pool, a couple of hot tubs, a steamroom, and a pretty cool water slide among other things. I stayed for about an hour and then had to go home for dinner. My host mom made really good homemade pizza, and after dinner our group met up for bowling (keila).

The bowling alley was rather small, and the panneling over the lanes depicted American flags. The whole time they were playing American pop music too. I bowled decently, and it was fun to go bowling with everybody as well as Caitlin, her husband, and Thordur. Below you can see a picture of my lane buddies, and the beautiful view from the pool table room upstairs







We finished bowling around 11:00 pm and I walked home with a few people. Here's a picture of a building with a cool little waterfall, as well as the first funny English sign I've seen. (For the most part Icelanders know their English)





Time for bed! Tomorrow we began learning more in depth about solar energy!