On the first day, after the meeting we went to a yoga institute, during the session we were guided by two people, one guided us with words and the other with sounds. The exercises were designed to relax us, but also to refocus on our body, our soul and how we wanted to move forward with ourselves. After dinner at the hotel, we had the afternoon free to choose how we wanted to spend our time. The Swedish team decided to go to a place that offered relaxation via water with hot and cold water pools. We chose this because the Icelandic team explained to us that water was very important on the island, because the locals spend a lot of time learning to swim in case of problems, but also because it is one of the most used methods to relax by the locals, there are apparently water areas, pools in all the cities.
Then we visited the cave ”Skessuhelli gigantas” featuring the home of a fake giant troll, which allowed Anna to explain to us that as a mother on this risky island (volcano, earthquake, dark night in winter…) she used like many other parents the troll stories to scare the children to avoid going out without permission, and this allows the parents to be more reassured.