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Aachen

Aachen

Now it's time. Maria drove me to the train station, ticket to the airport in my pocket, now I just hope that the train arrives. 1.5 hours of air should actually be enough.

10 kilos need to be moved over 260 km.

The last evening of the challenge is approaching. The shorter way back to the city center is pleasantly relaxing. The path only goes downhill. The bikes are parked in a group on...

Why is life expectancy in Spain higher than in Germany Spanish food is much healthier than German food. Spaniards eat Mediterranean food. Their food mainly consists of...

On Monday, I visited the southernmost lighthouse in Norway in Lindesnes. The entry fee of 10 euros seemed a bit high considering that you can only go up to the small lighthouse....

"Courage is the key to happiness." - a colleague "Courage doesn't mean not being afraid, but overcoming fear." - Carina Herrmann The three months between handing in my...

Overall, I really enjoyed the exchange. It was a lot of fun and I think we bonded more as a class. I loved that we did something together every afternoon, even outside of...

Thursday 27.04.23 Thursday was Paola's birthday. I took Paola and Sara to school by bus because Heidi couldn't come. Afterwards, I went to the town hall because I was on my...

Monday 24.04.23 In the morning, Paola and I got ready for school. Paola had a coffee and then we took the bus to school. There was a buffet in the cafeteria for us and the...

Saturday 04/22/23 The Spaniards arrived at school on Saturday afternoon. I really enjoyed seeing my exchange student Paola. When we got home, my brother left because he still...

Aachen

On the third day, Thursday, we had "Girls and Boys day" while the Spanish students were in Cologne. On "Girls day" I visited a primary school and I really liked it. After "Girls...

On the first day, we all introduced ourselves and showed the school to the Spaniards. Then we went to the city and had Asian noodles at Starbucks. Afterwards, we went back home,...

Friday 28.04.23 On Friday morning, Paola and I went to school and worked on our blogs for an hour. Then Mrs. Schwab came to our class and we told her something about the week....

On Monday we have speed dating with the guys from Spain. Then we show them the city. We show them the DM. There we try on sunglasses. Then we go to the Aachen Cathedral. We sit...

We played speed dating and I met the Italians. They are all super friendly. We also showed them AquisPlaza and it was a lot of fun. At night, many Germans with their Spaniards...

Sunday 23.04.23 In the morning it was a bit difficult, but then Paola and I went to have breakfast. We ate bread with scrambled eggs. But Paola only drank a glass of milk. After...

All Germans have gone to Girls or Boys Day. We had to find a job that is a cliché for the opposite sex. I went to RWTH for a program called Cammp. There I had to do things with...

I went to Landaal for Bowling. I got a strike! I also went on the last day of our English teacher. That's why we spent both hours with her and as a gift she gave us photos of...

I don't know how many times I packed and unpacked my backpack until everything fit. In the end, not everything I wanted fit in the bag 🤣. A third of it remained. Hopefully I...

The last stage led across the Weser-Talsperre (not the Weser near Bremen) and the Vennbahn cycle path to Aachen. A great city! But the evening (highlight: a Zouk dance group at...

On Tuesday we play games like 'who am i?'. Then we have class. At home we had something to eat and then we went to 'superfly'. There we jumped and played capture. Then we had...

On Saturday, we finally returned home.

It's the last day and we only talked about the exchange and Feedback with Mrs. Schwab. She wanted us to talk about the best thing in the week and Luisa showed the photos of Bend...

Today we showed the Spaniards our favorite places. We went shopping, ate bratwurst, and tried on cool glasses at dm. We had a lot of fun. Later in the afternoon ...