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The Westman crew. the camp continued with small, achievable goals to lower my summer standards wearing shorts and not a scarf at 6 degrees & up don’t get a cold • last three days from morning to evening trash climbing on rocks to pull out fishing nets landfills of plastic the occasional orange demon andContinue reading “week sixteen: everything else”

This is what happiness looks like. once, in the beginning of my journey here I had this small dream that no one knew about it’s not a hard one a wild guess would have been enough • I wanted to watch Eurovision together with all the different nationalities gathered right here the most diverse groupContinue reading “week sixteen: eurovision”

The burning sky sunset from mainland Iceland. it took fourteen weeks to start living in the real camp reality as four days after the end of the previous one a new camp started the first outdoor camp with French in the lead almost outside of Reykjavik • welcome to Viðey island the land of birdsContinue reading “week fifteen”

All 28 seeds. one more Italian arrived why do we even learn Icelandic we just need Italian classes but now we are complete 15 to 24 people in one month there’s no such thing as quiet afternoons only a call center set up at the kitchen table the most rapidly growing establishment in Iceland •Continue reading “week fourteen”

I don’t think a view can get any better than this. first time was a hike second time a climb third time’s the charm like a stroll on the beach or a potato field with the most amazing view • the Icelanders are experts on turning the nature into a tourist attraction add business hoursContinue reading “week thirteen: volcano”

The camp crowd including one person who does not understand Italian (me). three months in my second real camp this is it, guys finally my time to shine this is why I’m here, right? • two wonderful participants six crazy camp leaders the second unofficial language is Italian and all of the meals are veganContinue reading “week thirteen: camp”

The trash hunters of SEEDS. another solidarity week emptying the same container with the aim to find a lopapeysa without a (big) hole new day, location, container the pop paradise, remember? this time, Harry Styles made the CD player go ’round for three hours new tasks: pull the mannequins out destroy the books but saveContinue reading “week twelve”

Goal: run to catch all of the sunsets. today is the day in the middle of our Icelandic adventure but the todo list is still so long • go on a walk for 3 minutes and do a midterm evaluation of Eskihlid is it too early to miss the house that smells so bad? •Continue reading “week eleven”

My choice of fjord. the sending organization said the midpoint of the project is emotionally the hardest I’ll be here for 22 weeks rowing in still water • hopefully the last virtual camp of my time with a challenge to find a humane hour between the timezones of Colombia and Vietnam done and done •Continue reading “week ten”