Deutschland ist schön

As everyone has been incredibly busy it has been difficult to update the blog every day. So I will try and summarise last week's activities. On Monday we went to see the East Side Gallery which is a part of the Berlin Wall covered in murals. Afterwards we visited the Berliner Dom and learnt about its history and significance. We finished the tour with climbing up to the top of the Cathedral to enjoy great views of Berlin. On Wednesday we went to Madame Tussaud's and the students took a lot of photos with famous and semi-famous copies of celebrities. In the afternoon we visited the Rittersport Schokowelt where the students could order their own chocolates, everyone spent half a fortune on different types of chocolates to take home to New Zealand.
On Thursday we took the train to Berlin and went on a tour of the Olympic Stadium which was built for the Olympic Games in 1936. The group then had free time in the old part of Spandau for more shopping. The German economy has benefited greatly from our students...thank you very much!
Before we met for our farewell Party on Friday we spent time at our partner school and learnt to dance the world famous (in Germany) polka Annemarie, played sports and attended Science classes. The farewell party was held in a small community hall and the German host families contributed with a yummy buffett and barbecue. After songs, speeches, games and gifts our students sang the NZ national anthem, said thank you to their families and performed an emotional Te Waka. The evening finished with tearful goodbyes and dancing where Anton proved that he is indeed a good dancer. I hope that all the New Zealand parents read our blog updates regularly and would love a comment or two, danke :)