"Hallo und Willkommen!"
This was the first time the MFL department had taken students
to Germany. We went to Berlin with a group of 21 year 10
and 11 students and had a fantastic time. Students wished
we had stayed longer and would like to return next year.
The teachers, Laurence Nizan, Cath Costello and Tim Goodall,
had a great time and, like students, learnt a lot during
the trip. They found the students who went were fabulous
and their behaviour was exemplary.
The weather was great, (we all got suntanned). Shopping
was really worth the trip. We stayed in a very central place
where we met lots of young people of different nationalities.
There was in-house entertainment, with a couple of bars,
fussball, snooker, video games, many computers with internet
access and the Karaoke night was memorable. Once again,
the Brit School (and its staff) was in the spot light.
The trip was very educational with lots of activities related
to Berlin and its history, with the opportunity to put our
German skills into practice!
Itinery:
A guided tour of old Berlin, including the Reichstag (German
parliament), a sightseeing bus tour (open top-where we got
sunburnt!), a visit to the beautiful zoo, the famous Fernsehturm
(TV tower) with its delicous cakes in the revolving restaurant,
the Stasi Museum (secret police of former East Germany).
We also saw Checkpoint Charlie Museum (the 'Wall' museum
and ways people escaped), the Story of Berlin and a nuclear
shelter, a river boat cruise on the river Spree, the Holocaust
Memorial (weird & fascinating experience) and the Topography
of Terror, situated at the Headquarters of the Gestapo.
We are planning to go back to Berlin in 2006!
"Danke und tschuess!"
Gallery: 97 photos
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Alex Platz |
Ampelmaennchen |
aristic Wall |
arriving in Berlin |
At the A&O hostel |
Baby elephant |
baby wolf |
bear bath |
big bear |
bits of the Wall |
Brandenburger Gate |
breakfast |
breeze welcome |
Brit bunch |
Brit Stars |
Brit students |
Britney lookalikes |
bus tour |
cathedral |
Checkpoint Charlie |
contrast |
cute baby woolves |
duo inferno |
East Berlin |
Einstein's anniversary |
enjoying cakes |
famous Germans |
fans.jpg |
flowers.jpg |
French cathedral.jpg |
friends.jpg |
from the top.jpg |
Fussball.jpg |
GDR politician's car.jpg |
German cakes.jpg |
German colours.jpg |
happy bunch.jpg |
having a laugh.jpg |
hole in the Wall.jpg |
Holocaust memorial.jpg |
hot weather.jpg |
in the tube.jpg |
inside.jpg |
jail of secret police.jpg |
karaoke Ben again.jpg |
karaoke Ben.jpg |
Karaoke Jess.jpg |
Karaoke Jo.jpg |
karaoke teachers.jpg |
like tombstones.jpg |
long alleyways.jpg |
look at my car.jpg |
mirror effects.jpg |
more fans.jpg |
more offices.jpg |
more posing.jpg |
museums.jpg |
Nerine's best feature.jpg |
plem plem.jpg |
polar bears.jpg |
posing.jpg |
red townhall.jpg |
reflection.jpg |
reflections.jpg |
Reichstag Dome.jpg |
Reichstag.jpg |
river cruise.jpg |
shadows.jpg |
sights.jpg |
silent library.jpg |
singing Ray.jpg |
smile.jpg |
smiling Betty.jpg |
smiling Jo.jpg |
snooker.jpg |
soviet clock.jpg |
Soviet soldier.jpg |
spies offices.jpg |
spot Ms Costello.jpg |
Stasi headquarters.jpg |
Stasi museum.jpg |
Story of Berlin.jpg |
the Berlin Wall.jpg |
Tim debating |
Train Spot Bar |
transporting prisoners |
tree in middle |
trying to cross river border |
TV tower |
victims of the Wall |
views |
Wall once stood there |
what's left |
who died |
with our guide |
 Zoo |
| This was the first time the MFL department had
taken students to Germany. We went to Berlin with
a group of 21 year 10 and 11 students and had
a fantastic time. Students wished we had stayed
longer and would like to return next year. |
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