27.9.2009 von kerstin och lisbeth.

 Sunday

Walking along the banks of the river Rhine on our way to the Chocolatemuseum we were overwhelmed by the lovely September weather. German and Swedish pupils were dressed in summer clothes. Thousands of Cologne inhabitants were out enjoying the autumn sun and World Children Day. The inner city of Cologne no cars were allowed. Like Västra Hamnen in Malmö a new living-area is created along the riverside called Rheingau Hafen. We were impressed by the modern architecture and nice cafés.

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26.9.2009 von kerstin och lisbeth.

We have been to several lessons here now and we have noticed quite a few differences between the schoolsystems. For example that the Germans aren’t allowed to leave the classroom during the short break in the middle of the lessons. From what we’ve seen so far, it seems like the German teachers do most of their teaching in front of the board, not letting the students do very much work on their own. We also think that the Swedish school is a bit more modern than the German. There is not nearly as much space here in the German school as in our school in Sweden, and we’ve heard many Germans say that they think their school is too big or has too many pupils.

Anyhow, the trip in general has been really good and there hasn’t been any big troubles so far. We especially fell in love with the city of Cologne, which we found very nice.

//Emma Gustafsson and Robin Svensson

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24.9.2009 von kerstin och lisbeth.

Wednesday 23:rd September

Yesterday we went for a little trip to Brussels. The weather was beautiful and the sun was shining. We met at school at10 am, everyone was happy and excited. we drove through the Netherlands and came to Brussels. Also there the weather was great. We got some questions about the European Parliament.  These questions pretty boring but it was ok. After that we went into the Parliamentand met a member. His name was Mr Axel Voss and he told us about EU and some other stuff. A very bad thing was that he didn’t speak English. I mean i don’t understand any German at all so it was a little frustrating. Some people asked questions and the pupils kind of argumented about the questions. It was fun. Afterwards a girl who was an assistant showed us the “vote room” and I thought that was cool and fun.

I havea friend in Brussels called Sarah. She’s from Sweden and has only lived in Brussels for two years. But anyway, I met her and we took a cup of tea. It was very cosy and fun to meet her. She showed me som monuments in Brussels and I like Brussels because it was very beautiful but it was also hard and confusing to find the right was there. It felt like they were building everywhere and there were many people. Everyone was starring at you like if you were a ghostor something. It was creepy.

/ Elin Stridsberg

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