Flashback: England 2009

In 2009, I went on a class trip to England. It was fantastic! We stayed with host families for the time we were there. I stayed with one together with two other friends. But we were only at "home" for the night-time and for breakfast. During the day-time, we always went on trips and had a lot to do. For example we visited Liverpool, visited a castle and visited the town with the longest name in the world in Wales.

Here are some impressions:

Flashback: Egypt 2008

In 2008, I went to Egypt with my family.
It was quite a nice holiday :) We didn't do a lot of activities but we had a great time in the hotel we stayed in. We really enjoyed the weather, the pool and beach and the food .

Here are some impressions:

My Student Exchange in Scotland

In 2011, when I was 15, I have been in Scotland from August till November. It was a privately organised student exchange in Edinburgh.

Towards the end of the school year in 2011, I decided to go to Scotland for some time and started to organise everything. I actually had made the decision about going abroad a year before. I even had applied to some scholarships for a whole year as an exchange student in the USA. But as I didn't get any of them, I took in consideration the other options I had. This is how I came across Scotland: I already knew German people living there so I got in contact and managed to find a Scottish/English family that was willing to take me for 3 months. Apart from that, I also emailed the local High School and luckily they were happy to accept me for the time I was staying, as well.

This is how it all started.

I lived with the family and they were just amazing; really kind and caring people. I met up with 'the Germans' regularly and went to school as a normal high school student. It actually took me some time to connect to other students and build friendships, but after all I did.

My stay was just an overall rewarding time which I'll never forget :)

It was the first time for me being on my own and 'figuring life out' on my own.

Some impressions:

 

Lothian Buses

 

beach time

 

Forth Bridge

 

Edinburgh Zoo

 

watching fire works from the car park

 

National Museum of Scotland

 

a day trip to Glasgow

 

still in Glasgow

 

Alnwick Castle (England)

 

climbing up of Athur's Seat

 

my room :)

 

Isabella aka Piggy

 

school picture

 

in school uniform

 

fudge: most amazing food I ever tasted

 

Princes Street Gardens

 

Omni Centre

 

trying out archery

 

highland dancing (by the way I went to a class myself :p)

golf in St. Andrews