My group first woke up around 4 am to 4:30 am. I then took my suitcase and carryon backpack downstairs, the adults and chaperones were waiting there with a crate full of breakfast bags for everyone. Each student took one and we all headed onto the bus where we would go to our first flight. When we got there, we said goodbye to our guide and the beloved bike horn named “squeakers”. We ate our lunch, got on the plane, and a problem arises where the plane has gotten delayed. A passenger hasn’t shown up to the plane so the wonderful customer service has delayed the flight. We then start moving as the passenger boards and fly to Frankfurt. As we land, we have to go through passport control. Personally, I am claustrophobic so the hour we spent getting pushed and sweaty in line, most of us got angry and irritated at others very quickly. Many of us missed it but the service of Lufthansa saved us and we all took a bus to the plane. My row on the plane mainly just slept or watched movies for the eight hours. I watched 4 movies and then went to sleep for a while. My final thoughts on the trip was that it was too short for how much we did during one week. We had some days where we didn’t like anything because we were either too tired or had pains in our legs. Most of it was very fun and educational and I am telling all of my family and friends about this trip. It is a trip that I will always remember in a good light and cherish.
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I woke up at 06:00 Saturday morning with Nina jumping on the bed. Somehow she was already dressed to leave and I was half asleep in my pajamas. Nina’s morning routine is very similar to mine. Get up, do hair, brush teeth, wash face. When I arrived downstairs Herr and Frau Seyfarth we’re sitting at the table with Nina. Breakfast consisted of rolls, butter, marmalade, and jam. After a quick breakfast Herr Seyfarth drove Nina and I to pick up Gabby and her host sister, Amy. Finally we made it to the school and as Amy and Nina left we all promised to keep in touch. The homestay was by far my favorite part of trip to Germany.
Started off the day with a nice breakfast at my host families house. We went to sleep quite late so we were up a little late. It was just us to since her parents had already gone off to work. Once we were all dressed we left the apartment and made our way to the tram. We missed the first tram and had to wait a bit for the second. We spent most of the time talking about things we had in common. I really enjoyed getting to know her. Once we made it to the school, we said goodbye to our host parents and made our way on our tour. As we were all on the bus, we were all talking to each other about what we did the night before. Silke could tell that we were really talkative and excited to share our experiences from the night before. So she allowed people to go to the front of the bus and share what they did that night before. Our first stop of the tour was going to the Berlin Wall. Our tour guide gave us an explanation of what it was like to live in East Berlin at the time as the wall came up. He showed us where the wall stood and how the 2 wall system worked. It looked almost impossible to escape. The wall was now full of art. Some very political and others just works of random art. Some are really well detailed and beautiful. I was also able to buy a piece of the wall. I thought that was pretty cool. After looking at the wall, we went to go look at museum island. It was a really impressive place where a lot of ancient art and artifacts are kept. What I thought was most impressive about the museum was that all the pillars had been through world war 2. You can still see the bullet holes and see where people stood to fire at the enemy and where the return fire was. After the museum island, we went to go visit the holocaust memorial. This memorial was quite different that others. It was a bunch of concrete blocks that got higher as you got more to the center. It was supposed to make you feel like you were getting lost. It was quite an impressive feeling. Near the memorial, we walked to the where Hitlers bunker was. It was just a car park, which was quite strange. One of the biggest characters from history was remembered by no more than a car park. After that, we said good bye to our tour guide and went our for lunch. I tried some “Currywurst” which was really good. We were told to meet under the TV tour. It was really impressive and one of the most iconic buildings of Berlin. After lunch, we went back out to the museum island and went to see all the exhibitions inside. There were some beautiful exhibitions of old temples. I really liked the one of Babylon. I always remember reading about it but it was the first time seeing an actual replica. After museum island, we went to see the museum of Terror. Which was a old Gestapo headquaters. It has a was right next to the Berlin Wall which was really interesting. We also saw the destruction of the bombings and all the rubble they left behind. |
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