first day of sightseeing

Hi guys.
its Meg here.
so today was our first day official day. we were warmly greeted by Herr Ritter in the foyer. during his speech lots of students came out and stared at us. first we had two lessons with our hostbrothers and hostsisters. i had a double lesson of art and then sport. after that we meet in the foyer and students from the school took us around Werder explaining some of the history and stories of the places. we walked to Werder's island and looked at the two churches and the windmill. after that we headed to our first german eiscafe (ice cream cafe)=P. we also visited a fruit growing museum and a fish restaraunt both of which Werder is famous for. at the fish restaraunt there were lots of real fish heads on the wall which was quite strange. after that we went to the ballroom where the Ernst-Haeckel Gymnasium have their graduaation dance every year. we also had our picture taken for the newspaper's article that they are writing about us.
when we arrived back at the school the hoststudents had organised a nice selection of traditional baking and drinks for us to try while Frau Zimmer und Frau Delegrosso and Aparajita told the german students a little bit about us and our wonderful country.
we then went home with our hostfamilies for some food and much needed sleep to be ready for tomorrow...

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First Day in Werder!

Hallo alle!

Hey guys Farhan here, I will be speaking to you about my first day with the Hoeppner family. Getting home from the airport I realised that I was not so tired so we decided to see Werder on land and by lake. When I arrived at the Hoeppner's home I was greeted by a furry guest called 'Goddi', my host family's dog, this friendly fellow jumped into my lap when i sat down and said hello with a lick to my cheek. We travelled through Werder in the forest walking Goddi and saw that this little town had a lot in common with our own home, Auckland. The scenery was a big similarity as we saw ourselves surrounded by trees and bushes as if we were in New Zealand, Werder is a very beautiful town. We then came back home and drove down to the docks where we unhooked and drove around one of the Werder lakes in my host families' boat. We took many pictures of the water and land surrounding it as we drifted around the lake, conversating and just relaxing on my first day in Werder. Overall it was a lovely day and I hope we will have many more like it in my 3 week stay, in Werder

Bye!

Arrival in Berlin

We finally arrived on time at Berlin Tegel. The two flights went smoothly and everybody has gone home in excited anticipation with their host family. The weather is gorgeous (26 degrees and blue sky). We will all meet tomorrow morning eager to explore Werder.

Transit in Singapore

We are here now in Singapore, it is 7:10pm local time and right now we are checking our facebooks and bebos to talk to our friends at an Internet Terminal. Everyone survived the 11 hour flight, some a little more exhausted than others, but in general the enthusiasm is still shared. The landing was a bit unsteady, and Katie found the entire experience incredible, and was the only one to avoid boredom. The temperature is 26 degrees, which is really hot for 7pm!

Many of us are nervous about what we're going to say to our hosts

We're now off to go exploring the airport for 3 hours, some of us showering and trying to get fresh. The Airport is massive, 3 hours might not even be enough.

Bis bald!
Chirag

Auf Wiedersehen

Die Schule wuenscht uns eine gute Reise.

Phone Cards

Hallo!
I have been using "Talk 'n' Save" phone cards for ringing family and friends in Germany.
It's only 2.2 cents a minute, works most of the time and I would really recommend it if your parents want to call you when you are in Werder. It is MUCH cheaper than ringing directly.

Bis bald (Samstag um 9 Uhr am Flughafen).
Frau Z.

2 More Weeks!

I don't know about u guys but I'm pretty psyched =D