Last day

Today is the last day! The time past sooo fast. Unfortunately. In the morning we went to school and just finished our projects. Now we got lunch and afterwards we'll have freetime. At 5 o'clock there will be a celebration again. Then we'll spend the last evening together. Tomorrow in the morning we have to leave again... 5:45 is the meeting. I hope we'll stay in contact!

Much history!

On Thursday we finns went to Trier which was founded by the Romans. We had a guided tour there. The guide was a nice old lady. The tour started from Porta Nigra. Then we headed to an old merchant's storage in cellar. We also saw the Judengasse. After that we heard about history of the dome and the other cathedrals. We finished our two hours tour in Kaiserthermen.

After the tour we boys went to a restaurant and the girls went shopping again. Then it was time to take the train back to Koblenz. We were picked up by the Germans from the central station. We went to Forum and ate something. Afterwards we took the funicular up to the fortress. We enjoyed the view, the sunset and of course spending time with great people.

18 years old teachers

We started the day with project works. At 10 o'clock we Finns had a reception at Koblenz city hall. Mr Knopp spoke, unfortunately mostly in german,  for us how important the exchange program is. Local TV and newspaper interviewed some of us.
After lunch we went by bus to Sayn. There we started to climb. In this case "climb" means to get from one platform on a tree to another across an element like to swing on a robe. We had there about 3,5 hours to finish different courses.

In the evening there was a celebration for the 10th anniversary of this exchange program. In the beginning the concert band of Görres-Gymnasium played some well known songs and the german headteacher welcomed all in german AND in finnish, the pronunciation was pretty good. After a short break the finnish band Vend rocked Koblenz out! Everybody was standing and dancing, especially the teachers, who felt like 18 again.

Trip to Köln

Yesterday we Finns were in Köln. We left early in the morning by train. We arrived about half past nine and met our German guide. Then we had a tour in dome. The cathedral was very big and another guide told us interesting or not so interesting things about the dome. The tour was just ok.

After that we had free time. The girls went shopping and we boys went for coffees. After coffees also we boys went shopping. We also had a good lunch in a restaurant. We went to Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in the afternoon. There we had a very interesting guided tour. The museum uses very modern technology. After the tour we had a little bit more free time and then we took the train to Koblenz. In the evening we had nice time at home. We just hanged around. We Germans had to go to school and most of us wrote an unexpected English test :( Today we are going to visit the "Kletterwald Bendorf-Sayn". There we can climb different parcours. Pictures will follow ^^

This time in Germany!

Here we are again! The Finns are now in town and we keep on writing this blog! The members changed a bit. So Hilla and Jule are fired and the new professional writer is Christian. So please introduce yourself: "Hey guys, I'm Christian. I'm 16 years old and the exchance partner of Roni. Unfortunately he's in Brazil and enjoys the sun :D. My hobbys are- of course- playing football, but I also like riding my motorcycle. I live together with my mum Sabine, my dad Frank, my three years younger brother Fabian and my Grandfather Günther in Koblenz- Kesselheim. The stay in Finland was marvellous and very exciting and I hope the reexchange is again so great." Leo: We left from Jyväskylä yesterday early in the morning. The traveling went nicely and we arrived Koblenz about half past five. Then I met my host family which was super nice! We had a very good dinner and after that Daniel and I went to the city centrum with boys. Today we had our first school day. German students guided us through the building and after that we worked with the projects and joined the lessons. In the afternoon we had a city tour which was guided by the german students. We visited home and then almost all exchange students went bowling. That was really nice with great people. Have a great week!

Very late...

Hey it's me Jule! Since about a month back here in Germany and I really miss Finland and all the great people there. I'm so happy  that I've joined this exchange, because this was a wonderful experience and I've got knew a new culture new people and   much more.

Hilla and I understand each other so well and maybe I'll visit her again in summer (without the exchange program).

When I look back on this time I just have to say that I would do this every time again.

Thanks to everybody who has made this exchange possible! 

Special thanks and a hug to Hilla! I had such a amazing time! And I'm sure we'll visit each other outside this program :)

P.S. This is just apple juice there on the picture :)

Jule <3

After all...

... our exchange week was a great experience! :) I'm so glad that I decided to take part in it - I got many new friends, especially Jule, and had a lot of fun! The most difficult thing was to find the right words in English when it was six o'clock in the morning and your brains were still asleep. But I made it, and now I'm looking forwatd to visit Germany :) Here are a couple of pictures for you:

 

I suppose that at least for me and Jule one of the most exciting thing was to go to a snow blanket straight from our sauna. Yeap, I have to admit that it was my first time to torture my body so badly with the snow :D What kind of Finn am I...

 

We also saw the big prom of Jyväskylä's upper secondary schools. Let me tell you, after that (for us girls) it was more than difficult to talk about anything else than the dresses there!!

 

For some students throwing snowbalss (even in the middle of taking photos) seemed to be necessary... :D

 

Of course visiting Suomenlinna wouldn't be anything without a delicious coffee brake ;)

 

Every woman has a right to shoes! Seriously, poking around in the clothing stores of Helsinki would be just a waste of time without trying any beautiful shoes...

All you German students of this exchange project, I will miss you! But we'll see again in Germany, I have to think about some Finnish song to teach to you ;D I really recommend this international experience for everyone who considers about it, it will give you so much! Now I've done my share, thank you one more time :)

<3, Hilla