GERMAN STUDENTS in Vysok Mto

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GERMAN STUDENTS in Vysoké Mýto

• Tuesday 19/2/2008 Sunday 24/2/2008

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ERICH KÄSTNER REALSCHULE HERMESKEIL

• A group of ten students together with their
  teacher, Mrs. Astrid Hofmann

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GYMNÁZIUMVYSOKÉ MÝTO

• Thirty students of the first grades, who worked
  on an international eTwinning project together
  with their English teacher, Mrs.Miroslava
  Borovcová.

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Tuesday 19/2 - Welcome at the Railway Station in
Chocen

• On Tuesday 19th February, a group of students
  from Erich Kästner Realschule in Hermeskeil,
  together with their English teacher Mrs. Astrid
  Hofmann came to visit us in Vysoké Mýto.
• We had been working with them for five months on
  an international eTwinning project about
  Christmas Traditions in Various Countries.

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Wednesday 20/2 Official Welcome in the
School

• We prepared a rich programme for our German
  guests on Wednesday morning, after the official
  welcome by the headmaster Mgr. Martin Valáek in
  the assembly hall of the grammar school, the
  Czech students showed their German partners the
  school and then the Germans attended two classes,
  an English lesson and an ICT lesson.

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Welcome in the Town Hall of V.Mýto by Mayor -
Mr. Martin Krejza

• In the late afternoon we were all accepted at the
  Town hall of Vysoké Mýto by the Mayor Mr. Martin
  Krejza, who introduced Vysoké Mýto to our German
  guests.

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Performance of the Czech School Choir and the
German Presentations

• In the afternoon, after a short performance of
  the choir of GVM, the German students, who had
  prepared interesting pps presentations,
  introduced their school, town and region to the
  Czech students.

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Welcome Party - in the school in the
evening

• Then the students were free for a few hours and
  could have a walk in the picturesque square, do
  some shopping or get ready for the evening party.
  
• The party was held in the festively decorated
  1Bs classroom and it was probably the first
  chance for the students to be in the school as
  late as till 9 p.m. !!!

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Thursday 21/2 - Educational Excursion in Iveco

• However, on Thursday morning we didn't go to
  school as usual we met at the entrance to Iveco
  company where Mr. Branda waited for us. He showed
  us round the factory and enthusiastically talked
  about the history and present of this well-doing
  company that has been producing vehicles and
  buses for nearly 95 years.

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Sightseeing in Vysoké Mýto

• In the late morning we did a bit of sightseeing
  in the centre of Vysoké Mýto - we showed our
  guests the largest square in the Czech Republic,
  the picturesque medieval gates with old towers
  and the romantic old town walls with the engraved
  stone tables.

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Trip to Litomyl

• In the afternoon, we set off by train to
  Litomyl, the town boasting with a beautiful town
  centre, with arcaded houses and with a charming
  Renaissance chateaux.
• We didn't leave out the beautiful monastery
  gardens, still deep in winter sleep.

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Evening Bowling

• In the evening we met again this time at the
  bowling alley. It is difficult to say who won,
  but all of us had a good time.

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Friday 22/2 Trip to Pardubice

• On Friday, we took our German guests for a trip
  to Pardubice, where the students could visit a
  splendid exhibition of Czech glass of various
  historic periods, an exhibition of old weapons,
  an exhibition of historic picture postcards or an
  exhibition of antique toys all of them in the
  building of the chateaux.

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Trip to Nové Hrady

• The last place in our region that we visited, was
  the chateaux in Nové Hrady. On Friday afternoon,
  we were welcome by Mrs. Kucerová, the owner of
  the mansion, who informed us about the history
  and present of the country house that her family
  had recently reconstructed.

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Saturday 23/2 - Prague

• On Saturday, at the end of their visit to the
  Czech Republic, the German students visited
  Prague. We took them to Wenceslas Square and
  showed them the horologe at the Town Hall in the
  Old Town Square. We stopped for a while on
  Charles Bridge to watch the musicians and other
  artists, then we climbed the old castle stairs
  and came to the Prague Castle, where we first
  enjoyed the wonderful view of Prague sceneries
  and then admired the grandeur of St. Vitus
  Cathedral.
• Then there was time to say good bye to each
  other shaking hands, hugging
• On Sunday morning the German students visited the
  National Museum and then went to Ruzyne Airport
  to take a flight home.

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Praha Prague - Prag
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Praha Prague - Prag
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Summary

• The communication language of the whole project
  as well as the whole stay of the German students
  in the Czech Republic, was English and so
  everybody involved in this event had a lot of
  opportunities to practise English conversation.
• This international meeting was also wonderful
  because we learned more about each other.
• And we made new friends which is great, isn't it?