On 20th of October
was also my birthday so when we arrived back from the tour on the 17th,
I was greeted by my new host family, the Dumschats and then I was visited by my
mother and grandmother from Australia. We did many things during their week
stay here. We went through Bad Oeynhausen, saw the Kaiser Wilhelm monument, went
to Bremen just in time for the local carnival there, I went ice skating in
Herford with my exchanger friends and that was so fun. We also had a dinner
with my host parents the next night and it was in a restaurant that had
delicious varieties of food. We also visited the black forest for a day. We
spent three full days of just driving to the black forest, driving to the
landmarks and then driving back so it was a bit exhausting, especially for my
mother. If we were in Australia I would have driven for her a bit but I
couldn’t here.
Vom 07.10 bis 17.10 gehe ich mit andere Austauschuelern in Distrikt 1900 ob Deutschland Tour. Hamburg. Berlin. Dresden. Muenchen. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. 53 Austauschueler, 1 Bus, 2 Rotarien und 4 Rotex.
From 07.10 to 17.10 I went on a Deutschland tour with the other exchange students in District 1900. Hamburg. Berlin. Dresden. Muenchen. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. 53 Exchange students, 1 Bus, 2 Rotarians and 4 Rotex members.
A video was made by Helena Del Bianco from Brazil, you can see below.
We started in Bielefeld on
the 7th October and then travelled first to Hamburg. We then went to
Berlin, through Dresden then Muenchen in Bavarian Germany and then went to
Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We made so many photos and I will share some with you
in the powerpoint presentation J. My favourite places were Berlin, Muenchen and Rothenburg ob der
Tauber. Berlin had so many historic things to see and I would like to go back
to see more of the memorials and all. We were able to visit the Olympian
Stadion in our free time and I thought it was so cool, it may be just a stadium
but it was known as the vision of Hitler. The other exchanges and I spoke about
how he was able to so much in such a short amount of time. We concluded that he
was a very smart and influential man but sadly he used his abilities to cause
destruction instead of promote world peace. Muenchen I found was really cool
because it looked typical German everywhere to me. All of the old houses had
flowers overhanging on the outside and it was such a beautiful city. We were
able to meet up with other rotary exchanges in that district, it was cool to
meet new people – my friends and I met a boy whose family was the second
richest in France and he has his own castle and everything, it was crazy his
family was almost royal. Rothenburg ob der Tauber was such a cute little city,
we only had a night and day there but it was a nice way to finish the tour. I
learnt on the tour that places that ended with burg are places that have a
castle and was established in that location because of this castle. I thought
that was also cool.
I went to Schloss Bueckeburg with my temporary Host mum and my friend from America. It was an amazing experience and I plan to show my mum and grandma when they come. The palace is so heavily decorated and beautiful. It still has people living in the palace as well. I hope to go back there for the Christmas Markets as it is known to be quite beautiful.
