If you are unsure whether to apply for the
Snorri Program, I am here to help you make up your mind: YES!
Do it!
Don’t wait
another second, just fill out the application, I promise you won’t
regret it!
If you are between 18 and 28 log on to your
computer right now, or use your smart phone, and visit www.snorri.is and download the forms. This trip
will transform you no matter what place you are in life. If you don’t believe
me, watch the short video from 2014, my
trip. You will be envious of the fun
we had, but your trip will likely be at least half as great. Don’t worry, I am
only teasing. Your trip will be unforgettable too!
Now, what that video can’t show you, is how
it feels to stand on a rocky beach, listening to the cold Atlantic water splash
sloppily along the shoreline, feeling the cool wind tug gently at your hair as
it races into the fjord from the ocean. It cannot share with you the smell of
cold salt water, of dried fish from the nearby packing plant, or the absence of
any scent except for nature all around you. It cannot show you how powerfully
emotional it is to stand on the beach where one of your ancestors arrived
nearly 250 years prior, and where your other ancestors left from only 150 years
ago, as they embarked for Canada. It cannot prepare you for how surreal it is
to stand on the farm where your ancestors were born, or where they had their
families, or where their lives ended. And it cannot give you that strange sense
of home that you feel when traveling the countryside, while shaking hands with
families who are related to you as far back as your great-great-great-great
grandmother’s half-sister whom no one had ever heard of until they were
contacted by the amazing folks at Snorri, and then looked it up on Íslendingabók
to make sure it was true.
What that video cannot show you, I can only
begin to describe for you. If you want to experience Iceland, to know where our
ancestors came from, to see what it is they left behind, and to truly know your
own history, you need to participate in this program. And if you’re older than
28, or you're not Icelandic, go on the Snorri Plus program – it sounds amazing too! And it’s organized
by the same great people. So what are you waiting for? Fill out those forms, do
your homework (especially the language prep.), and discover your story!
** I chose this video to promote the application deadline, but it definitely applies to my inability to stay consistent on this blog! How ironic.
