Czech Students in Hermeskeil

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Czech Students in Hermeskeil

• Tuesday 8/4/2008 Sunday 13/4/ 2008

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We were in Hermeskeil !!!

• After a few months work on an international
  project together with Erich Kästner Realschule
  and after February visit of the German students
  to Vysoké Mýto,on Tuesday 8 / 4 / 2008,a group
  of nine Czech students of the first grade of the
  grammar school set off to visit their German
  friends in Hermeskeil.

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Wednesday 9 / 4 / 2008
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Night Train to Türkismühle

• A few hours of a light sleep, three times
  changing trains (Prague, Fulda, Frankfurt) and
  finally on Wednesday 9 / 4 / 2008 at about 930
  p.m. we got off the train in Türkismühle, where
  Mrs. Astrid Hofmann and some German parents were
  waiting for us

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Erich Kästner Realschule

• in order to drive us to school.

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Welcome by the Headmaster

• We were welcome by H. J. Gärtner, the headmaster
  of the school,and after delicious refreshment

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Tour around the school

• he showed us round all the school

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English and ICT

• and then we attended a German English class
  and an ICT class together with our German friends.

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Lunch and the afternoon

• The German students together with their teacher
  had prepared a tasty lunch for us and after that
  we talked about the programme for the next three
  days.
• In the late afternoon we took the school bus
  home and then spent the evening in our
  families.

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Thursday 10 / 4 / 2008
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Welcome at the Town Hall

• The first item on Thursday's programme was the
  visit to the Town Hall in Hermeskeil and the
  welcome by the Mayor, Mr. Michael Hülpes, who
  introduced the town and the region to us.

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Domino about Trier

• Then we returned to school and playing domino,
  created by the German students, we learned about
  the sights of the city of Trier before going
  there on the next day.

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Workshop CR VM - GVM

• Then we changed roles because two workshops
  followed, during which the Czech students taught
  the German ones (who had not been to Vysoké Mýto
  in February) something about the Czech Republic,
  the town of Vysoké Mýto and the grammar school.

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Lunch in the School Canteen

• The Mayor of Hermeskeil invited us for lunch in
  the school canteen of the neighbouring primary
  school. Many thanks!

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Dance Classes

• Every Thursday afternoon the students of the
  tenth grade can attend the dance classes at
  school we couldn't miss it of course !

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Swimming pool

• We spent the rest of the afternoon in the
  swimming pool with a pleasant whirlpool of warm
  water and a gorgeous toboggan - it was free for
  us because it was a treat of the Mayor of
  Hermeskeil again.

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Friday 11 / 4 / 2008
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Trip to the City of Trier

• On Friday we went on the first trip to the
  beautiful city of Trier that is on the list of
  UNESCO heritage cities.

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Sights of Trier

• Accompanied by the German students (who had
  prepared short descriptions of the particular
  places) we saw the Old Roman Baths, the amazing
  Roman Basilica from the times of Emperor
  Konstantin, the impressive Trier Cathedral of St.
  Peter and the huge gate of Porta Nigra.

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Town Centre

• The old town centre in Trier with the Market
  Cross in the middle is not as large as the square
  in Vysoké Mýto, but thanks to the beautiful
  ancient housesit is very picturesque.

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Saturday 12 / 4 / 2008
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Trip to Idar-Oberstein

• On Saturday four kind mothers drove us to the
  pretty town of Idar-Oberstein, the traditional
  centre of mining and processing of precious
  stones. First we visited an old mine for precious
  stones, then we paid a visit to the museum of
  jewels.

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Sports centre

• In the afternoon we went to the sports centre,
  where we could play baseball, floor ball, squash,
  badminton, bowling, snooker, or use the
  well-equipped fitness centre.

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Sunday 13 / 4 / 2008

• Summary

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• Though some of the students who were in
  Hermeskeil, learn German at school and they
  probably tried to speak German a bit in
  Hermeskeil too, the main communication language
  was English and all the Czech and German students
  had a lot of opportunities to practise English
  conversation.
• Our exchange trip to Germany was a real success
  the Czech students liked Hermeskeil so much that
  they even didn't want to go home.

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Thanks !!!

• We would like to thank a lot to Mrs. Astrid
  Hoffman, who arranged all the fantastic programme
  for us, to all the German students for the time,
  they spent with us, and also to all the parents
  for the hospitality, great atmosphere and for
  driving us to Idar-Oberstein and Türkismühle.

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