German students in the Netherlands

From 14th to 18th March 2011 six students called Aileen, Nina, Denise, Jennifer, Pascal and Joschi and our teachers Mrs Uhlemann and Mrs Ender spent a week in Vlaardingen.

Monday:

After a long trip by train we arrived at 4 o’clock in Vlaardingen. We were warmly welcomed by our host families.

Then we went to our host families’ houses. They showed the houses. After that we all met at Jenny's exchange student. We all had a lot of fun together.

Tuesday:

We were taken to the station at 8:45. We went by train to Amsterdam. When we had arrived there, we visited the „Anne Frank House“. I personally find the house where they were hidden during the Nazi-occupation, very cramped and dark. But it was interesting to see how they had lived there. Then we made a boat trip through Amsterdam. We could see many interesting and culturally rich buildings, bridges and boats. After that we had time to go shopping in Amsterdam. Then we went home by train. All of us met at Denise's exchange student that evening. It was also a funny evening.

Wednesday:

When we had met at the station again, we went to The Hague. There we visited Madurodam. There we could see many small villages in miniature like the Peace Palace, the canal houses, the cheese market and much more. Then we had to run around in the city.

Later we visited the Peace Palace in reality. Whenever a war or a problem between two countries exists, it is tried to find a solution here.

We spent the evening at Esme’s place. We had a barbecue and it was a fun and acrazy evening.

Thursday:

This time we met at the school. We had a tour through the school. When we had finished, we went to Rotterdam. We were then taken at our harbor tour. It was very nice. We have found out that the port is the third largest in the world.

Later we „climbed“ the euro mast. We were 185m high. You could see Rotterdam. Later we were allowed to go back through the city. Once we were back in Vlaardingen, we went to a Wok restaurant. This was so the final dinner of the whole week. There was a lot to food and beautiful dishes.

Friday:

We had to say „Good bye“ to our friendly host families. We went back by train exhausted because of so many impressions. It was a really good week. We arrived at the station in Wernigerode at 18.45.