Our first official day at school! - Day 2

Finally after a long flight we have reached Germany. The flight started with one of the passengers getting sick and having to use a defibrillator which delayed our flight. But Lufthansa treated us passengers very well and we were all very comfortable, dazing in and out of sleep. We had screens on our chairs that showed movies and TV shows, along with CDs.  The long ten hour flight went by swiftly!

Upon landing we had to rush off to our connecting flight to Munich.  We rushed through customs, in order to quicken the process we went through a line that checked passports for citizens rather than all passports.  The flight to Munich was very short.  Mr. Mobini compared it to a flight to Spokane, Washington. During that flight we started to get tired since it was about midnight in America but in Germany it was about 10 in the morning. When we landed we were met by the two German teachers who drove us to Franz Marc Gymnasium.  There we met our host partner in a small room and received welcoming gifts. While sitting in the room, some students of the school would pop into our room just to look at us. We felt like zoo animals! Our host partners gave us a quick tour of the school and then we dispersed to our various host families.

After unpacking, we gave the families our gifts from America and they were all very excited. We got to know each other, ate some food, and tried to stay awake until nine o’clock (Mr. Mobini’s orders…) Although, most of us went to bed earlier, around seven. We woke up early this morning, feeling the effects of jet lag, except Renee! We all came to school, some on busses, some via car, and others, train. We met in a room and we talked about our experiences with our families.

Our group is so funny when we’re together (especially Jessika’s laugh)! We joined Mr. Mobini in walking to the train this morning, just a few blocks from the school. It’s very muggy and humid, even though it’s rainy and cloudy.          -Katie Michels & Renee Stadtmueller