Jack的小留学生日记 l 冰岛旅游

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在COVID-19病毒爆发之前，我通常会在学校每年三次的长假期间和家人一起旅行。旅行的目的是去体验当地的生活方式，充分享受当地的独特风景。正因如此，我们很少选择装潢别致的酒店，也从不跟旅行团。我们更倾向于住当地民宿以及租车自驾游。对于我们来说，去人迹罕至的地方探险，感受不同的文化，会比在酒店游泳池里躺在游泳圈上晒太阳更有趣，更令人兴奋。

我去过的最难忘的，当然也最冒险的地方是冰岛。冰岛位于北冰洋和大西洋的交汇处，地处亚欧板块与美洲板块的交界。它位于北极圈外，也靠近格陵兰岛。我还记得当时我们旅程的第一站是首都雷克雅未克（Reykjavik），到达的那天不是周末，街道上几乎没有人，非常空旷。这感觉和他们约36万的人口数不大相符。

 

第二天，我们在这个美轮美奂的首都周边游览。晚餐后，我们驱车前往著名的Blue Lagoon Spa，蓝色火山泉浴场。温泉浴场有着淡蓝色的地热泉水，被青苔覆盖着的火成岩所环绕。

去那时是12月，环绕浴场的岩石全都被雪覆盖了，水非常温暖，这和周围环境的低温形成强烈反差。在我们泡着温泉的过程中，天空开始飘雪，将这本就令人满意的体验提升到一个全新的水平。不过，接下来的日子可就没那么平静和放松了，无论我们开到哪里，刮着的狂风一直在晃动我们的车。这使驾驶极为危险，而且可见度也只有两米。幸运的是，当我们停下来时，雪也停了，我们可以全方位地欣赏美景。我们沿着黄金圈走看到了间歇泉，还看到了亚欧和美洲两个板块之间的裂缝，并在连接两个板块的桥上行走。在经历了一天的危险驾驶后，我们到达了黑沙滩，强烈的海浪拍打着黑沙，好不壮观！

 

那一刻，我们感觉所有艰苦的驾驶都非常值得。这真的是一次奇妙且令人难忘的体验！

  

每去完一趟旅行，我都会对当地有了更多了解，对事物的看法也有了更多感触。通过旅行去学习别人的文化，学习别人的传统和历史，也让我们更能换位思考，站着他人的立场考虑问题。对我而言，旅行的精髓就是学习。

  Jack

英文版

 

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my family and I travelled quite a bit; we would usually go during the three longer school holidays, to somewhere new and try to experience the local lifestyles and enjoy the unique landscape of that region. I think because of this, we hardly stayed in well-prepared hotels and go on group excursions with a travel company, but rather stay in more family-based and small residences and explore the country or region in a rented car. For us, going off the beaten path and exploring the culture is way more interesting and exciting than just floating in a rubber ring in the hotel swimming pool for the entire trip.

 

One of the most memorable places I've been and certainly the most adventurous one was Iceland. Iceland is located between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean next to Greenland, the Island is mainly outside of the Arctic circle and also sits on a constructive tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate. We first arrived in Reykjavik, the capital; although the day of arrival was a weekday, the streets looked deserted with hardly any people, which definitely agreed with their population of 364,134 people as it's thirty-six times less than the population of London alone. The next day, we toured around Reykjavik, a beautiful city, and after dinner, we drove to the famous Blue Lagoon Spa. The Spa is a geothermal natural spring with light blue water surrounded by moss-covered igneous rock terrain, which was all covered in snow as we went in December. The experience was sensational, the water was very warm which was surprising given that it's purely powered by geothermal energy and the thing that made the whole experience even better was that it started to snow, which lifted the experience to a whole new level. Unfortunately, the following days weren't nearly as calm and relaxing; strong blizzards followed us where ever we go, which made driving extremely dangerous as you can only see around two meters in front of you and the wind was shaking the car constantly. But luckily, when we arrived at a stop, the snow stopped and we are able to see the senary with little obstruction. We saw geysers and hot springs along the golden circle, and also saw the opening between the plates and walked on the expanding bridge that connected Europe and America. After another treacherous day of driving, we arrived at the black sand beach. The strong wave hitting against the black sand was majestic and stunning, and made all of that harsh driving worthwhile.

We left each and every place we went knowing a bit more and understanding a bit deeper with their culture and their point of view of matters. For me, this is all travelling should be about: learning, learning their culture, learning their tradition and history and understanding their ideas and views.

 

Jack

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