Arrival

We finally got off the plane after 20 hours in the air at Munich Airport at 5:35am German time (2:30pm Australian time). It was a very long flight and I was very happy to have that part of the journey over with. We were picked up by our host families outside the doors to the arrivals where all the families were waiting for us. We didn’t waste much time here and we all left not long after arriving. We drove home which was a very strange experience as we were driving on the right hand side of the road and I kept on thinking we were going to get hit by an oncoming car. The country side is very beautiful and it is incredible the amount of corn that is grown here, almost everywhere you look there is a corn field. We arrived at my host families home in Rechtmehring (which is about 50 minutes from Munchen) where we had breakfast with the three long term families. We had a traditional breakfast with Weiss Wurst and Brezels. The food was great but very different to what we're accustomed to in Australia. After breakfast I got time to settle and unpack my bag. Later that day we visited Rosenheim where we walked around seeing the local shops. The next day we had a brunch at school with all the families involved with the exchange. It was a bit boring but was also good to see all the other people form Bright. After the breakfast we went to a Ritter Fest which is like a medieval festival where people get dressed up in medieval clothes and dresses and dance to old music. We went with Josh Raymond and his partner Flo and Josh’s host mum. There were medieval clothes for sale as well as traditional foods like Bratwurst and chicken on a stick. There were also entertainers like a man with 6 or 7 different owls or eagles and he would present them to the crowd and would let them pat them. There was also a jousting ring but we didn’t get to see anybody doing it. It was really cool to see a festival like this because we don’t have any like this Australia. School started on the Monday and I had to get up at 5:45 so I could catch the train at 6:35. We had a normal day at school with our host partners. We also had to get up in front of the whole school and speak about ourselves. This was a bit nerve racking as there were 500 people in the area. After school finished we had a trip to the bowling Alley in Bad Abling with all the German exchange program students. We had 2 games with either 4 or 5 people in each group. In my group there was Hannah, Rob Mr Kusch and I. Mr Kusch ended up winning our game but it was fun to spend an afternoon out with all the exchange people to get to know them better. My experiences so far have been great and I hope they get better, which I’m sure they will.