Presentations - Day 4

After nearly a month filled to the brim with touring, adapting, and immersing ourselves in the German culture, the final day has come.  I woke up as if it were any other day, with only a fleeting thought of the cold fact that the finish-line was enclosing rapidly upon us exchange students.  I had a normal breakfast and walked to school just like any other weekday.  All of the American students gave their presentations to one class over the course of two periods, finishing with a wipe of the brow and a sigh of relief. 

It was good to know that our hard work had paid off, and even though we were glad we would never have to stand awkwardly in front of a group of foreign students again, we did feel a sense of accomplishment, knowing we were able to spread American culture to people on the other side of the world.  We then headed out into the urban jungle of Markt Schwaben for one last time, stopping to purchase snacks for the plane-ride back and collecting sunflowers as a gift to our wonderful hosts.

 The sunflower-collection seemed like something out of an Amazonian safari: we ventured into the depths of a field of sunflowers, seeing the monstrous beasts looming over us in an ominous fashion, while we dodged and swatted the local breed of bumblebee.  It was an adventure to say the least. 

After we finished, we trekked back to the Franz Markt Gymnasium; and now, we wait… -Aaron