I am already slacking on my blog and I fear it will get hard to be witty in my entries since I will be rushing to fill you all in on the events.  

Since I arrived in Akureyri and settled into the dorms, I’ve either been at a school event or hanging out with the other students.  It is kind of like an International Real World, but there are a lot more than 7 of us.  

Today was the official ceremony of the opening of RES and the induction of it’s first academic class.  While we were late for our own event (it was the buses fault) it was a day I will never forget.  The Ministry of Education officially declared the school open.  There were dignitaries from Parliament present along with City Officials, University Deans and the like.  It was inspiring and only reiterated that as the first class of RES we are the beginning of a new future and these next 12 months will not only expand our mind but also our global relationships and we will be building a family of Renewable Energy Science members.            

The students come from all over Europe.  There are over 15 students from Poland and I think I’ll be speaking Polish before I pick up the Icelandic language.  The rest of the group comes from Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Portugal, Hungry, Czech Republic, Russia, and Germany.  For the most part, everyone communicates in English and I’ve become the “go to” person for correct English…yes scary I know.  It is very entertaining for me and I get a kick out of it… “We’ll met tomorrow” or “Let’s went”.  

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