German students in the Netherlands

Our exchange to the Netherlands took place from 5.10. to 9.10.2009.

Angelo Cunsolo, Nadine Ritter, Sophie Werner und Jacek Hesse were the exchange pupils from Germany. Misses Schlegel and Mister Heindorf accompanied us.

Cem, Ruby, Chiara and Jill were the host pupils from the Netherlands. Moreover in the Neterlands there were pupils from Russia, Finnland, Poland and Spain. We had four very nice days there. We took part in different trips with much interest.

On Monday, we arrived at 6 pm, we were picked up by our hostfamilies and went to their houses which are very nice. In the evening we all met and talked to get to know us.

On Tuesday all the exchange pupils went to Rotterdam by bus.Ater that we went to Dordrecht by a waterbus. Dordrecht is one of the oldest towns in the Netherlands.

On Wednesday we visited the "Claudius Ciuilislaan School" in Vlaardingen and introduced our project „ Typical flowers from Germany.

After that we ate at the school canteen and we went by bike into the centre of Vlaardingen and visited many shops. Then we went swimming together.

In the evening we went to a Chinese restaurant called "Wokhouse" to eat dinner there. It tasted very well and we had a lot of fun.

On Thursday we visited Amsterdam which is a beautiful city with many shops, bridges and sights. Amsterdam has about 6,000 monuments and many houses which have their own stories.In the evening we celebrated our last day and had a lot of fun there.

Friday morning we had to be at the train station at 7.45 am and we had to say „Good Bye“. Then we went by train at 7.55 am. It was a nice and very interesting time in the Netherlands.

Angelo Cunsolo, Wernigerode