The LONG Travel day home

Home again, Home again, dancing a Jig (well, more like sleeping…) by Ms. Donna

We were up and out the door to the airport by 8:15am.  It was a very short drive and we arrived in plenty of  time to get to our gate.  Time time passed quickly and we were soon on our way to JFK.  Sleep came easy on the plane  for must of us (as well as the train…and in the van…) and before we knew it, we were back on US soil.  Wow, what a change!  The temperature was a balmy 80+ degrees and quite a shock to our bodies that were used to much cooler weather.  We had lunch then settled in at the gate for our trip evaluation.  We were all moved by different things on this trip and acheived different things from the process but the one statement I heard loud and clear was that this had been our best adventure yet! 

Soon we were ready to board and off we flew to Atlanta.  When we arrived we collected our bags, met our ride (Thanks Scott!), and headed back to one of the girls homes where we met up with the parents, had a wonderful meal, and talked about the trip (a great big thanks to all of the parents for the great food and the thank you cards and gifts!!)  As I listened to the girls excitedly tell stories about the trip, it was clear to me that through friendship and laughter our bond to each other had grown to a much higher level.  I know that we will all remember the wonderful times we shared on this trip for the rest of our lives.  

The Final Day - Back in Iceland!

Extra day in Keflavik by Rosie

Well... things did not go as planned. Our flight that was originally on Wednesday was moved to Tuesday. We had to fly out of the Luton Airport to the Keflavik Airport on Tuesday. We got into Iceland in mid morning, and we went to the Alex guesthouse. After we got into the guesthouse, they happened to have the tv on to the Reykjavik National Holiday celebration, and we saw the ceremony that our Icelandic sister troop was in!!. We watched them for about half an hour, but then we realized we were starving. All of us got our raincoats on (cause it was really cold, windy and wet outside), then we walked into the closest town to find food. We ended up eating at a hot dog place. The hot dogs were amazing, and the ice cream for dessert was even better. Mom wanted to go to the Independence Day Festival after we ate, but all of us were too tired to do anything. She went to check it out, and the rest of us went to take a nap. We went to sleep at 4 PM, and we woke up at 8 PM. After all of us were up, we were hungry for dinner. Mom ordered pizza, and that was the end to a great day... <(*.*<)

England Day 4

Going Tubing by Emma

To get around, we took trains and the Tube system. The tube and rails are very intricate and for some of us, me included, had to rely on the others to tell us when to get off.  We made a few mistakes when it came to destination points and what station to go to. It was especially difficult when the lines would change or when one train wouldn’t stop at a station but a different one would. Despite the level of difficulty, by the end of the trip to London, most girls feel comfortable about being able to navigate themselves on the tubes. I, however am not one of those girls, I will follow their lead and hope they don’t lead me in the wrong direction. My experience on the tubes was ok, but I will be honest and say that I got irritated multiple occasions in which we would miss a stop or train and had to detour. Other than that, I think getting travel passes was a good use of our hard-earned money.

The Changing of the Guard by Brittany 

The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace was something that my grandma said was a must-see in London. And I’ve got to say that it was really cool to watch. The new guards marched into the circle with a band playing and riders on horseback as escorts. There was a huge crowd of people around the gate, so I had to stand on a railing to be able to get good video of the march. We weren’t right up by the gate, so we didn’t get to see much of the actual change within the gate, but it was really interesting to watch from afar and see the guard marching through the gates. And there actually was one point were we weaseled our way up to the front gate and got a lot of up-close video. It was awesome!

After everything was done at the palace, we headed back towards the tube station to find lunch. We ended up getting food from Simply Food again (a grocery store like place) that we’d fallen in love with. The food was great, and it was all within our budget! I was able to get a sandwich, tea, and sushi all for under 6 pounds!! Mrs. Susan also got a bunch of pastries and an English cake that we all shared. We got our food and headed across the street to a park where we settled down under a tree to eat and talk for an hour before splitting up for the afternoon.

Meeting Andrew Scott & riding The London Eye by Lizzy

Ok so our last day in London, we had to last minute plan and we ended up going to the London Eye in the mid afternoon AND ON THE WAY THERE, GUESS WHO WE MET. WELL I SPOTTED HIM. AND THEN I PULLED SELINA OVER AND WE RAN OVER BECAUSE WE MET ANDREW SCOTT. The actor who plays Moriarty in Sherlock on BBC AND WE GOT A PICTURE. SO I”M STILL ON A HIGH EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT IT. Oh and then we went on the London Eye. It was really beautiful, a little bit freaky to some of the girls, but seeing London from so high was really exhilarating. All in all it was a pretty amazing time.

 The Science Museum by Katie

On our last day in London we had to split into two groups because we had changed our flight to Iceland to be a day earlier. The splitting up was to ensure everyone got to do what they wanted to do. The first group--Rosie, Emma, Coumbah, Lizzy, and Mrs. Susan-- was more focused on shopping, and headed over to Oxford street. My group-- me, Brittany, Selina, and Mrs. Donna-- wanted to visit a book store and the British Science Museum. After all nine of us went to the London eye, we split at the tube station and my group headed off to the Science Museum. We didn’t have time to see everything, but what we did see was pretty amazing! We visited exhibits on space travel, computing, energy, cars, and airplanes. The exhibits often focused on a history behind the advancements of these things, and we all got to see old supercomputers and even some of the first personal computers and laptops. Some items in the exhibits were pretty recent as well, like the first gameboy-- not something I expected would be in a museum already! 

Shopping by Coumbah

Shopping was awesome. It was Lizzy,Rosie,Emma, and I as the shopping group and we were so excited to be able to finally see the shops of London. You know the saying of “shop until we drop”? Well, that is exactly what we did. The two main shops for us where H&M and Primark. Primark is a british based store so for sure we had to go and it was crazy , the store took forever to find and it was so far away from the meeting spot that Mrs. Susan told us to meet up but once we got to the store we went crazy. It is truly the best store in the whole entire world. There is just so much and its all so cheap.  We were able to meet back up with Mrs. Susan in time by mostly running because the cashiers in these stores where the slowest ever and the lines where so long but everyone was able to get some great clothes and accessories. The shopping all in all was a major success.   

Changing of Flights by Mrs. Donna

It was our plan to fly back to Iceland on Wednesday morning, change planes and fly home, however, that’s not quite how it happened.  We ran into a problem when we flew to England in that we were only allowed one carry on so we each had to check a bag at the gate.  Knowing this would be the way it worked when we returned to Iceland, we looked into all kinds of options for getting our bags home and us on our connecting flight.  As it turned out, there was just no way to make it all happen on Wednesday morning so we had to change our flight back to Iceland to Tuesday so that we could make our Wednesday flight home.  The girls did a great job combining two days into one and I was very proud at the way they worked together to make it happen!  

Then we had the issue of our hotel reservations at Holiday Inn Express by the Luton Airport.  Our reservations were, of course, for Tuesday night so I called the hotel to change it to Monday night.  They had no rooms available for that night but did find us a hotel a few miles away and while I was providing the information needed to hold the rooms, my cell phone dropped the call.  What else could go wrong.  I tried to call them back several times but never reached an agent so we decided to roll the dice and just show up at the Holiday Inn Express and beg for their mercy.  As it turned out, they had a couple of cancelations and were able to accommodate us.  The two gentlemen working that night, Mark and Lee, were so gracious and funny that it really turned our frowns upside down.  Thanks guys, we really needed the laughs.  In the end, it worked out fine and we made our flight to Iceland without incident.

Reflection from our Leader by Mrs. Susan

One of the things we wanted to do on this trip was to give the girls some independence.  For example, in the evenings, they were allowed to take an hour or two and go out with our sister troop, walk by the sea, go to the local convenience store on their own.  The shopping trip was a perfect place for this kind of experience, because I’m not a shopper at all, so I gave the four girls a couple of hours to shop together on Oxford street WITHOUT me - I found a fabulous Italian restaurant with outdoor seating and bought a big pot of tea and people watched.  If you’ve never been to Oxford street, I’ll tell you it’s not for the faint of heart - it’s very, very crowded with people from all over the world - some very fashionable people! - and difficult walk through a crowd.  Our Girl Scout jackets caught a lot of attention on the whole trip - there are a LOT of Girl Scouts out there!  Pretty soon some English women were chatting with me about the trip and the girls.  When I changed venues to eat some Chinese food outside of a noodle shop, a Girl Scout leader from San Francisco with her 9th grade daughter spent half an hour talking with me about the process of the trip.  Ironically, her name was Susan and her daughter was Emma!

England Day 3

The day with the York Girls by Rosie

        After today, I feel really excited about the York girls’ visit in August. We woke up late, and we hurried out the door with our naan (bread from the Indian restaurant). When we got to Platform 9 3/4, we met our sister troop. We took some photos at the Harry Potter place, and we were off for a fun day.

We walked across Abbey Road and got close to the Webcam so we could say Happy Father’s Day to our Dads, visited the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the filming sight of Sherlock Holmes, and ate some great food.

By the end of the day, we had become close and comfortable around our York sister troop and we are really looking forward to their visit to the USA in August!!!

 
We also did a Father’s Day thing. At some of the significant places, we held up a sign that said “Happy Father’s Day!” on it. I hope they saw the pictures Mrs. Donna sent.

England Day 2 - Swanley

A day with the Swanley Troop by Coumbah

Today was the first official day in London. We met up with our British sister troop from Swanley that we had been in correspondence with throughout our journey to London.  It was a bit hectic to figure out the tube station because Brittany was hurt and crippling along, we tried to get her on as many lifts and escalators as we could so she wasn’t on her knee all day.

When we finally met the troop it was so cool to interact and talk to them and get to know the country side of London in the day that we had. We went to the Charles Darwin house and learned about the family man and scientist that first wrote about evolution.

At lunch we enjoyed classic British treats like meat pastries and fresh strawberries. We took a long walk to the Roman Villa it was fun to see all the British homes and gardens.  And with the sister troop, we enjoyed looking at the Roman ruins .

After that we had a ceremony for the sister troop where we gave them the gifts we made in Atlanta. The journey home was fun,we talked and laughed all the way.

England Day 1

Traveling to London by Lizzy

SO! We’re in London, at the hostel safe and sound. Barely. But don’t freak out! Nothing too horrible happened. It just took a lot of stress, sweat, and steps. So we woke up at about 5:30 (Knew I could do it - Mrs. Susan doubted me). Anyway, we did some last minute cleaning and packing after we woke up and got ready. Then it was time for us to go. I felt really sad leaving the scout house and Reykjavik in general. I really fell in love with the place, head first man. I plan on going back in the nearest future possible. I think a lot of us feel the same way.

Well, we left and headed to the airport with breakfast in the car and drove down to the Keflavik airport. Before that, we dropped our van off successfully at the parking lot. We went through customs, security, and exchanged our money before the plane ride. However, problem one started when we had to check all of our luggage because we were only allowed to take one item. In the US, our backpack + our luggage would count. But not on Easyjet. So we do that, then we get on the plane. I slept through most of it, but I did get to write in my journal for a time.

Once we landed though, problem 2 starts. Getting to the hostel was a predicament. Let me tell you, London traffic and transportation can get kinda difficult at first. I mean now, its a breeze and actually really fun for me to ride. BUT back then it was a bit overwhelming, especially considering we had just come from the less populated Reykjavik. Anyway we got on trains and buses and just about everything trying to get to the hostel. And we got lost on just about everything. All the while we lugged out luggage around (see what I did there?) an unusually warm London.

Well finally we get to the road, but of course we have to walk uphill. Once we get there, the hostel manager is no where to be found, and we are tired and very confused... Except we meet some really kind people at the door that help us and we find our key and go in and settle down. BUT THEN PROBLEM THREE.. The car rental place emailed us claiming we may have scratched/dented the car. We didn’t of course, and once we emailed them, they saw the mark on the paperwork and things were fixed. Everything that happened really stressed us out of course.

On the other hand, we have beds to sleep in, the sun was shining, and we had amazing Indian food for dinner that night. (Seriously, shout out to Fire n’ Spice for being the best Indian food I’ve ever had) It was a pretty amazing day actually. I’m really loving London, deeply missing Iceland, but excited to be here.

Dinner at Fire and Spice by Selina

So for our first day in London, a LOT of stuff happened and we were beat by the evening. Someone recommended this Indian restaurant called Fire and Spice that was nearby for dinner. So we went and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! There are a few Indian restaurants in GA too, but this was one of a kind! Everyone was so nice to us and there was so much GOOD food! After that dinner, we went back to the restaurant everyday to buy Naan for breakfast, and to talk to the staff! They were so nice to us, and even gave us tastes of extra food they had there.  Man! I wish they were in America too, I know I would go with my family next time! So I guess if you live in London and you’re craving Indian food, we highly recommend Fire and Spice.  5 stars all the way!

Iceland Day 5 - Saga Museum

Our last day in Iceland!!! by Selina

Gosh! I still can’t believe its our last day!! :( I’m sure that London will be an awesome adventure too, but I’m really going to miss Iceland, the Scout House, and our sister troop! We woke up early to go to the Saga Museum and spent about half an hour there. It was pretty cool, it was kinda like a wax museum. They gave us some audio records that were timed so that the recording would give a brief summary of the wax figures that we stopped at, and the whole tour was basically a crash course in Icelandic history. The figures looked so real, and at one point, one of them started moving and it totally freaked me out!

Afterwards we went to the American Embassy, Katie will elaborate more on that!

Finally we went to a few more museums and just shopped around. I brought $100 US dollars mostly for one purpose and that was to buy one of Iceland’s famous wool sweaters. Unfortunately those sweaters we way way way too expensive! I ended up buying this cute little shawl and I’m very happy with it! :)

Originally we wanted to go caving (because we never made it last time!) but we really wanted to spend the last few moments of our last day with our sister troop! We split up and our sister troop took some of us to their houses so that we could see what a typical Icelandic house is like. It was really cool!

Then we just hung out together until a little bit later into the night and said our good byes. Bye RS Atlantis! Keep in touch!

Iceland Day 4 - Rock climbing

Hey guys, it’s Emma!

Today we went rock climbing with the sister troop and had a blast.   The first “obstacle” was to repel down a 20-25 foot “cliff”. All the girls did it, and I was about to and started climbing up (after 10 minutes of debating whether it was a good idea or not) and realized it was NOT, so I started climbing down. However, Mrs. Donna and Brittany attempted to talk me into doing it before they allowed me to get off the big rock. We then all went to the next obstacle to climb UP the rock and then let them lower you back to the ground. I went up half way then came back down, went back up all the way and then again all the way.

Then most of our girls tried to start a fire with no success, but then Lizzy got in there, and with her magic started a fire. We then gathered around and had our Scout’s Own Ceremony and put in our ashes from previous campfires that were really special. Then we gave all the girls who were there their gifts of handmade necklaces and bags of candy, even though they had a lot over the previous 3 days. We gave Elvar his gifts of a gift certificate to an outdoorsy store called (in English) OUTLIT and its pretty much where you go to get gear, equipment and clothing for anything from caving to rafting.  We also had gotten him a photography book of Georgia, and an extra necklace. Then one of the girls had to go to a concert for a band from Boston called “The Pixies”.  I have no idea who they are, but they sound really cool.

When we were all done, we went back to the repelling wall and I climbed up with Brittany because I didn’t want to do it the first time because I didn’t want to go by myself. So Elvar hooked up a second rope and Brittany and I went together. So it was going pretty good getting me hooked up, and then we had to go to the very edge of the cliff (wowhoo...) and had to step off it..backwards...It was going really well until my hair started whipping around and then a huge chunk of it got STUCK in my carabiner and I couldn’t move. So Britt had to get off the rock really fast so Elvar could hook up an emergency rope and hooked a handle on to my rope and I had to pull myself up a bit while he pulled my hair out of the hook.. It was...great. When I got to the bottom, I was really proud of myself because I was so afraid of doing it, but still did, even though I chickened out the first time.  I went three more times and had a blast, I am so glad that I did it.
~Emma

Getting ready to say good bye to Iceland

Got together with the sister troop for the last time this evening.

We've had a great time with our Icelandic sister troop every night…hours talking and laughing!  We've been up until the wee hours chatting most nights with our leaders reminding us we're only going to get 7 hours of sleep that night….no, now it's 6….well, 5 now.   We are getting up at 5:30 tomorrow morning to go to the airport.  Tomorrow:  ENGLAND!!!

Iceland Day 5 - a visit to the US Embassy

American Embassy

(Viking Sculpture in downtown Reykjavik)

Before we took the trip, our Girl Scout troop was invited to take a tour of the American Embassy in Iceland and share lunch with them! It was a great honor for us, especially because inviting people to lunch at the embassy isn’t something that happens to just anyone.

We were warmly welcomed to the embassy and went straight to lunch where Marci Brown, our contact in the embassy, met us. We had a nice sandwich lunch with macaroni salad and Icelandic Skyr cake, which was delicious! While we ate, Marci told us about how she started working for the embassy. In fact, she said she owed a lot to the Girl Scouts because doing some badge work inspired her love of traveling the world.  She told us about her job now and how the US embassy works-- basically, their job is to protect US citizens that are in Iceland safe.

After we ate, she showed us some of the offices in the embassy and showed us the things she has to keep in a safe, like blank passports she can issue to American citizens in Iceland and blank visas. We got to see another woman who we met at lunch at work in her office, and even met a college student who was interning at the embassy. Before we left, we gave Marci our gifts for her-- a book about Juliette Gordon Lowe and a rock that we hand painted that said “Courage, Confidence, and Character,” which she will keep in the garden at the embassy!

The visit to the embassy was the highlight of my day! Everyone there was so friendly and interesting, and I think it exceeded everyone’s expectations.

-- Katie

Iceland day 4: Raga's Farm

Raga’s Farm

Surprised I’m writing about horses again?? I’ve been really excited to write about this...

Today we visited an Icelandic farm. The owner, Raga, had been communicating with us (thanks goes to the American Embassy for introducing us) for a couple months about visiting while we were here. So that’s where we spent our morning-- at the most beautiful farm I’ve ever seen. 

It was a little bit difficult to find the farm though. We had to go past this one town (that holds the only prison in Iceland) and then you end up on a road with a bunch of farms branching off of it. We must have gone up and down that road two or three times before we called Raga and figured out that we passed her driveway multiple times. But no worries; we finally found it. 

We drove up the mile-long driveway to find ourselves at this small little farm house surrounded by acres upon acres of pastures. It was absolutely gorgeous. Raga said that they had about 80 horses on the property at that time. And beautiful horses they were... But anyways, the family also had a small garden beside the house as well as a small stable with four stalls and racks of saddles and bridles. There were also three attention-craving sheep dogs always by our side. Katie absolutely adored them, and everyone else followed suit. I’m pretty sure we all fell in love with Raga’s adorable daughter too. She was so cute, and very energetic, much like a seven-year-old should be. She didn’t seem to speak English yet, but she still had fun with us and made a good effort to communicate however she could. 

The horses are also part of their family. Raga has her favorite two, and I’m sure her children have theirs. She let us go out in the field with them!!! We got to see the foals that she had on the property, and we got to see Raga’s favorite horse. The mare is 31 years old, which is quite old for a horse. We got to see one of her prize stallions too. And my goodness, that was a beautiful horse. A beautiful bay, only three years old and not even broken yet. But Raga said that he bred some of her best foals, and I’d believe it. He was one of the most beautiful horses I’d ever seen. 

 

 

And then there’s Raga’s son. Eleven years older than his sister, Thor knew English and was a little more involved with us. I very much envied him. He was a horse trainer, lived on this beautiful farm, and owned seven beautiful show horses. I was very grateful too because he allowed us to ride his horses. It was amazing!! Since I had experience with horses, he saddled up a horse, threw me on, and we just began riding up and down the driveway. Then, once he knew I was comfortable, he started teaching me how to get the horse to tolt (the special gait that is unique to Icelandic horses). It took a while, but I finally got it down!! And it was amazing!!! Unlike anything I’ve ever tried before. 

Well, this article is getting a bit long, and I’ve highlighted on what I want to, so I’ll just give you a brief overview of what else we did. We spent a lot of time with the dogs, and Raga was telling us about the dogs she’d bred and where they are now. She also had the girls (not me since I was riding horses) gather rhubarb from her garden and make rhubarb pie. 

 

 

It tasted absolutely amazing. As did lunch that they made for us. Thor had made lasagna for us that was ready when we arrived, and it was absolutely fabulous. Better than any lasagna I’d ever had. So, that was basically it. Thanks to Raga’s and her family for allowing us the opportunity and giving us a wonderful day!!! ~Brittany

Day 3: Iceland - the Swimming Pool

Diving In!

So today we also went to an Icelandic outdoor pool, and funnily enough... it was NOT cold!! In fact, the way the swimming pools in Iceland work are the total opposite as to how it works in Georgia.

When we got to the pool, it was crowded just like any pool you’d find back in America. First we had to shower because I guess they don’t want their pool to get dirty, which I think is actually pretty cool. I mean what if the people who were getting in just came from hiking all day in the Golden Circle? (*cough*cough* us).  Actually, they don't use chlorine in their pools which is why we must shower first.   Then we got in our swimsuits and shivered and waddled our way into the pool. When I first dipped my toe in, it felt... AMAZING!!!

The water was really warm and it was so comforting after a long tiring day. There were many hot tubs situated around the main pool and it felt so great just sitting in there, with steam rising from the warm water around us, and relaxing. Soon it even got so hot in the water that I wanted to get out and cool down in the Icelandic winds!

It was kind of weird at first because back at home we were racing for the cool swimming pools to get out of the heat, but here we were racing for the hot waters to get out of the cold! Well, in either situation, the pool is the pool I suppose! We all had a blast!

Selina

Day 3 Iceland:

Dinner with Sister Troop

Dinner with the Icelandic Troop started off a bit rocky since we had been running late from horse back riding. We had decided to prepare chili, macaroni salad, and deviled eggs, which I guess is pretty American. When the Icelandic troop came, they brought multiple Icelandic dishes like beef/lamb liver, dried fish, licorice, fermented shark, and yogurt. It seemed that when dinner stated conversation flowed and everyone was laughing and having an awesome time just talking and eating together. It felt nice to finally be able to sit down with everyone for a dinner. -- Coumbah

 

 

Caving Attempt

After sharing dinner with the sister we had planned to go caving up in the mountains. On our way up, we could already see a storm starting; the wind was so strong it whipped our 9 passenger van around on the road. It was hard to see anything around us because the part of the mountain we were on was completely covered by clouds. We hiked for a long time out there on the mountain over rocks and moss, still in harsh weather. The weather seemed extreme to us, but when we asked the sister troop they said it was just regular bad weather for Iceland. The wind and rain were so strong that we could feel the storm even through all of our many layers of clothing. Finally, Elvar said that the weather was too harsh to go caving; we could get lost coming out of the cave because the storm made it hard to see. The hike was still worth it, though; it was so different from any other hike I’ve taken before. --Katie 

 

 

Golden Circle Tour

Yesterday, we had made plans for touring one of Iceland’s famous attractions, the Golden Circle. This included a fault line, geysers, and a huge waterfall. We started at the fault line. To get there, you started at the top of a hill like cliff and walked down to the bottom surrounded by beautiful moss covered rocks. After taking multiple pictures and exploring the area a bit, we left for the geysers. 

 

 

 

The geysers were lightly roped back and were all along a gentle walk leading up to a large mountain that overlooked the area. We were pretty high up already and you could see the farms and green fields that were toward the bottom of the mountain. Some of the girls stayed down toward the bottom to continue to look at the geysers, and Coumbah and I continued the walk up toward the mountain. However, we made sure not to go all the way up, in the hopes of avoiding a good lecture when we came down. All I can say is it looked beautiful, and you would need to look at the pictures to really get an idea of what it was like; I don’t even think the pictures can really show it. 

 

 

Well, we had to get down at some point and then we headed out for a picnic. At first we wanted to stop by the road, but to avoid the small flies that seemed to be everywhere we just headed toward Gullfoss (the waterfall) and set up at the picnic tables, BUT it earlier had been raining and everything was wet. It was still drizzling, but we decided it would be worth it. Little did we know that in not even 5 minutes it would start pouring. It was pretty crazy, well we were kinda dumb, but we just ate lunch in the van. After the rain let up, we went to look at the waterfall. We walked down a long flight of stairs, and at the bottom was the most beautiful waterfall I have ever seen. It cut through the high ground we had walked down from, and misted the air. 

 

 

After taking dozens of pictures, we left and that was the end of our Golden Circle tour! 

 

Afterwards, we went to one of the Icelandic pools. Personally, I was really nervous because I don’t really like frequenting the pool at home, so in another country???? Man I was a little anxious. But we went in and changed, showered beforehand, and we went out. We walked in and well obviously we weren’t Icelandic, and I felt some stares. But it turned out wonderfully! The water was so warm and there were hot tubs and a big jacuzzi. 

 

We hung out there for a while, and funny story, while we were there we saw some girls from our sister troop outside and talked to them about meeting up later. So we left at 10 and met up with them at 10:30 to eat ice cream. We went with the girls to an ice cream shop where we ate this really cool Iceland style soft serve. They let you choose three topping like candies and fruits and blended everything together, so it tasted like candy in every single spoonful. Afterwards, we took a short walk near the coastline, and then headed back to hang out a bit. They left at about 1ish and we headed off for bed, to rest for the next day! --Lizzy