St Leonards School - German Exchange

Thursday 13th March

Dear All

So we are nearly at the end of the Exchange trip and everything has gone well. Tuesday we had a great day in Berlin and as you can see from the photos we found a fab chocolate shop! Yesterday was a more relaxed day and today we were in Meissen where we had a tour of the porcelain factory and the cathedral. Tomorrow is our last day so we will have a farewell party in the school in the afternoon but before that I'll take the girls shopping for their last bargains and then we'll be ready to make our journey back to St Andrews on Saturday. I doubt I will have time to add anymore to the blog tomorrow but I hope you have enjoyed the bits I've been able to share with you.

Alles Liebe

Frau Semper, Rebecca, Emily, Zofia, Louise und Jo xx

Tues 11th March 2008

Hallo!

Sorry it has taken me so long to get a comment up whilst we are out here. It has all been pretty hectic! We arrived quite late on Friday night and then had the weekend to recover from the journey and get to know Dresden and our host families. On Sunday night we went to the Semper opera house for the premiere of Giselle and another ballet called "A million kisses to my skin". I think the girls really enjoyed it. Yesterday they experienced German school life and in the afternoon our penfriends gave us a tour around the town. The weather was gorgeous, really sunny and spring like. Today we have been in Berlin all day, visiting the Parliament building, Holocaust Memorial and Checkpoint Charlie and we got back to Dresden around 7pm. Well I´m going to try and attach the first lot of photos now which show the journey here, the ballet and yesterday´s tour of the town. All being well I can upload the Berlin photos tomorrow.

Schöne Grüsse an alle

Frau Semper, Louise, Rebecca, Emily, Zofia and Jo xx

Preparations - February 2008

So we're off to Dresden on March 7th. This will be the fourth Exchange trip out there and the group is very excited about going and they are all hoping for snow. Flights and train tickets are booked and I'm now making sure everything is in place - risk assessment, diaries, phrase booklets etc. Well we'll keep you posted.

Bis bald!

Elizabeth Semper