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The Stopfordian 2011–2012
GERMAN TRIP TO AACHEN
about the hot water springs around and under the town. We
also learnt about Aachen printen, a special type of food that
looked like gingerbread. We then had lunch inside the market
where a lot of our group tried traditional German sausages.
After lunch we had a sheet of activities to do. One of the
activities was to each ask a local their name, if they had
brothers or sisters, if they had a pet and what they did in their
free time. Other activities included asking for some drinks in
a café, buying some printen, buying a stamp and postcard and
asking for a map. We then had a treasure hunt to complete
all around the town. After we had finished the activities we
had some time for Christmas shopping and souvenir buying.
We all had a great time!
At 4.45 on the cold, damp, dark morning of 9 th December a
large group of Second Years were dropped off at the school
gates. As the coach filled up we all knew that it was going to
be a long journey. It was only after we had crossed to France
using the Channel Tunnel that everybody started to get excited.
As we parked up at the hostel everybody was wide awake and
keen to get off the coach. After a short briefing we finally went
to have dinner; this was followed by a quiz on Germany and
then we retired to our bedrooms. It had been a long day.
We’d had breakfast in England, a snack in France, lunch in
Belgium and dinner in Germany, so we all slept well that night.
We had dinner back at the youth hostel then we had the
opportunity to experience the Aachen ice skating disco. It was
great, even though most of us kept falling over or knocking
other people over! We had a lot of fun with barely any
accidents although we did have a few bruises in the morning!
The next day we had a traditional German breakfast with
bread rolls, hams, salamis and cheese and then we headed out
to explore Aachen. We had a tour all around the town in
which we saw the Cathedral and the markets and found out
The next morning it was time to pack our things, have another
fantastic German breakfast and head back to England. Overall
the trip was fantastic; it improved our German, helped us
learn more about the culture, make stronger friendships
within our year group and we had a lot of fun in the process.
I couldn’t think of a better way to learn German.
Thank you also to all the teachers who went on the trip.
Molly Clark (2T)