First stop of the day and off to an interesting start! We visited Thingvellir (A national park and world heritage site). It showed the cultural spirit of Iceland.
We learnt that Iceland did not have a written language to start with in 800 AD and parliament met every year to try to get order in the country. They had one law speaker who had to remember all the laws every year- imagine how hard this would be! This worked because Iceland’s population grew and settlements grew.
We found out that women were thrown in the lakes to find out if they were witches or not! Supposedly if they sank they weren’t witches and if they floated they were witches and they were murdered. Not much chance of survival!
We learnt that Iceland did not have a written language to start with in 800 AD and parliament met every year to try to get order in the country. They had one law speaker who had to remember all the laws every year- imagine how hard this would be! This worked because Iceland’s population grew and settlements grew.
We found out that women were thrown in the lakes to find out if they were witches or not! Supposedly if they sank they weren’t witches and if they floated they were witches and they were murdered. Not much chance of survival!
As well as learning about the history and culture we explored the fascinating landscape! We all climbed down a gap in the rocks which is caused by the two plates drifting apart. One side is the North America plate and the other Eurasian. Each year the plates move 2cm apart so in a million years this will be equivalent to 25km. This gap had a great photo opportunity as you will see in the picture above.
Becky and Amelia (Year 10)
