Iceland is a small little country in Europe. It is funny because I always associated the landmass characteristics with the name - Iceland - land of ice.
Funnily enough, in April 2010, this premise was reversed after a volcano erupted on the island. The volcano is Eyjafjallajökull - which last erupted in 1823.
When I first heard the story on BBC, I was astounded. Man - a volcano in ICELAND? Not really heard of. I thought to myself, how come it didn't cause the ice above to melt before? But then, that is why it is a DORMANT volcano right?
(Taking a break to do some ironing)
Sometimes dormant volcanoes do erupt!!
So a volcano in Iceland has erupted. It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't located near mainland Europe - which saw havoc arise because its airspace was covered in soot. No one knew what the consequences of volcanic ash would be on the airlines - but no one wanted to take a chance.
Now airspace has been opened up again.
How interesting right? The world can still amaze us.
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