One of the biggest stories of this semester other than President Obama’s health reform was the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. This was the first time in 200 years that this volcano erupted and the last time it erupted it lasted for two years. The whole world was affected by this eruption due to the closing of all main airports in Europe. Smoke and ash spewed south of Iceland covering over part of the Pacific over England, Ireland, and sweeping over some other countries in Europe such as Germany and Italy. Many CEA students went to Germany that week for Frühlingsfest and were stranded for days in the airport. Many students bought bus tickets while some rented cars to embark on the twelve hour drive back to Barcelona. Thousands of flights were canceled leaving thousands of frustrated people stranded in airports. Busy airports such as Heathrow and Frankfurt brought out beds and showers for people desperate for sleep and cleaning up. It was a mess for CEA because it was the third to last week of classes which means finals were coming up and half the students in the program were out of the country. I literally went to a class that has thirty or so kids in it and on the day I went there were six of us. Personally I did not mind the eruption of this volcano because many of my papers and projects got postponed a few days which allowed me to enjoy some time at the beach. Eventually the airports opened up in the next five days and everyone got a flight to where they were going. Many CEA students arrived on that next Tuesday or Wednesday with no complaints because they got an extra five day vacation. Although it was a time of complete chaos, this event made everyone slow down for a few days and realize that Mother Nature is basically in charge of the world.
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