Wednesday, April 14, 2010

German students in the Netherlands






Our trip to Vlarrdingen from 15 -19 March 2010

On Monday we ( Sophie, Veronika, Vivien, Kassandra and Mrs Uhlemann and Mrs Schaper) arrived in Holland.

On Tuesday we were in Delft and in the museum Prinsenhof. Then we went to the Old and New Church.
Eveline, Sharon, Lauraand Kassandra were on the high tower of the New church. After that we visted Madurodam.
We were in a mininaturemuseum. There were buildings from Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Delft and many more. It was a long day and we went back to our guestparents.

On Wednesday we visted the `Het Vos College` that is the school from Emmie,Sharon,Eveline and Laura.
The school is very modern with a reception, laptops and smartboards. After that we took the bus andwent to the old mill from Vlaardingen. We learned a lot how the miller made flour. Then we went to a portmuseum, there were old things from fishermen. After that we had made our programm and we had freetime. We went shopping and drove to the North Sea.

On Thursday we drove to Rotterdam. It is a big city - a little bit like New York.We went to the port from Rotterdam and drove around the port with a Spidoship. Then we went to the Euromast, it is a high tower about 100 meters.
It was very funny, but we went also to a museum about the history of Rotterdam. It was very intresting.
After we visted Rotterdam we drove to our guestfamilies.
At 7 o´clock p.m. , all the teachers and students were in a restaurant. We talked and ate a lot.

On Friday we had to say Goodbye and we went home.


Kassandra Szymanski

German students in Finnland







Our trip to Finland/Suomi started on 1st March 2010.
On the first day we flew at 12.25 from Berlin/Tegel to Helsinki/Vantaa with Airberlin. We arrived in Helsinki one hour later. Then our exchange families took us from Vantaa airport. Next we drove to our homes in Helsinki with our exchange families. The whole day we were at home and watched TV or ate something.Then it was late and we went to bed at ten o'clock.

On the second day we get up at eight o'clock, ate something and then we walked to the Jakomäki School.The school started at half past nine. The teachers in the school showed us the whole school and every room. For examble the music room, the home economics room and the computer room.

After the school visit, we went by bus to the city and went shoping. Later in the evening we were at home and ate something like pizza and then we went to bed.

On the third day we were in the school, too for breakfast and lunch because we cooked together. Later we did a bus tour around Helsinki. It was very exciting. We saw buildings like the Lutheran Cathedral or the city hall.
Then we drove at home, ate something and later we went by bus again in the city and went shopping. Later in the evening we came home and went to bed.
On the fourth day we were in the school and later we walked to the candy factory "Fazer". There we could eat chocolate as much as we liked. We did it!!! The chokolate and the candy were very delicious. We liked it. After it we were in the city and bought postcards and other things.

On the last day, the fifth day we said Good bye to our exchange families and the other people and flew back to Germany at 13.25. We arrived happily about on hour later in Berlin/Tegel.

Sylvia Gruhn

Monday, April 5, 2010

CRISS-CROSS . Here I feel well


The place that makes me feel well is the book shop which is near my house. It's not very big but every shelf is full of books. The room is divided into three parts. When you enter the shop if you turn to the left there are the historical and psychological books but if you go straight on you will see the fantastic and adventurous books for younger people and also in the back of the shop there's the area for children with lots of childish books.
I prefer staying in the teens’ area. I usually spend hours reading all the backs of the books whose tittle sounds interesting and then I try to decide which one I'm going to buy. This is always the hardest part cause I found all the books interesting but I just can buy one. Nowadays books are so expensive!

My biggest wish
I have got lots of wishes but I think the most important for me now is to pass all subjects this year.

My worries
Well, I don't have many worries but maybe one of them could be what I'm going to do in the future, although it doesn't affect me in my daily life.

Happiness for me
Happiness for me is staying with my friends in another country far away from school and home, learning new things and meeting new people without timetables.

My future
I have no idea about what is going to happen to me in the future but I expect to live in another country and have an interesting job.

By SARA COSTAS (1º Bac B) SAN TOMÉ DE FREIXEIRO. Vigo , Spain.