Raphael is visiting his friend Steinunn, in Iceland. He's staying with her and her family in the capital, Reykjavik.
Iceland is an island near the Arctic Circle. The total population is only 320,000. The country has many natural wonders such as the Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis. These lights are one of nature's most spectacular shows. They appear in the sky at night, from September to April. Tourists can also go whale watching, ride a snowmobile on a glacier, or just relax in a hot spring.
The Blue Lagoon spa is very popular with tourists and lcelanders for pleasure and for health. It offers hot baths from geothermal energy. Geothermal power is energy from the heat inside the earth. It's used to heat the houses and generate electricity. It's natural and pollution free. Iceland has lots of volcanoes, and so it has enormous geothermal power resources.