My experience in the Netherlands

About a week before we arrived in the Netherlands we got contact details for our paired student, but it was still funny to guess which one is him or her. When we arrived in the Netherlands we had some time to get to know each other personally during the welcome lunch. Then our family came for us and I met them for the first time. The whole week we were mostly travelling by bicycles, so it was nice to reawaken our cycling skills, because our winter is too cold to cycle. A lot of people there told me that we were lucky, because it rained only once and only for about ten minutes. Our new friends were very nice, they organised small parties for us which were great. But the best was the penultimate meeting on the beach, where we had a picnic and played rugby, we stayed until dark. I liked the Netherlands a lot, because of the nature, beautiful architecture and mostly because a lot of people were travelling by bicycle.

The Netherlands is definitely a country which I would like to visit at least one more time, but for a much longer period.

                                                                                     Filip Kopčák, 8. C

Advent in Wien

Vor Weihnachten machten wir einen Ausflug nach Wien. Wir wollten Sehenswürdigkeiten kennenlernen und die Weihnachtsatmosphäre genießen. Das Programm war agwechslungsreich.

Wir sahen Hundertwasserhaus, waren im Vergnügungspark Prater, besuchten sehr interressantes Museum Time Travel mit 5D Kino, bummelten duch die Stadtzentrum und genoßen Christkindelmärkte

am Schloss Schönbrunn und vor dem Rathaus. Kinderpunsch, Bratwurst und Sacher schmeckten sehr gut.

Vlasta Vojtášková

Brighton 2018

Having crossed the English Channel we commenced our adventure in Hastings where we made use of a train taking us to the village with an interesting name Battle. What appealed to us was a lovely place called Battle Abbey with beautiful greenery around. After having a quick lunch we made our way back to the coastline town. Hastings provided us with the opportunity to enter the Smugglers’ caves and take the funicular up the hill. In the evening we arrived at our English host families which served us a long-expected English dinner.

The second day our coach took us to a picturesque town Winchester where we glanced into the famous cathedral and then did our first shopping on the English soil. Afterwards we explored Windsor Castle where Queen Elisabeth II. sometimes enjoys the weekends. We were amazed by the monumentality of the whole site.

 

The following four days in the morning we did our best to improve our English at school in Worthing. We spent the afternoons in four different places. Portsmouth offered us two absorbing objects to see, namely the HMS Victory and the Spinnaker tower with its breathtaking view on the port.

The next day we visited Hever Castle, the seat of Anne Boleyn and were enjoying ourselves in three different mazes. On Wednesday we headed to the sea to admire the cliffs (Beachy Head) which dominate the coastline. On top of that, we took pleasure in watching the sunset on the beach.

The very last day in England we took a train to Brighton where everybody couldn't wait to dash into Primark and went on a shopping spree one last time in England. For several pupils it was the icing on the cake of the trip. In the evening we said goodbye to England and headed back home.

We were fortunate to have wonderful weather which helped us enjoy our trip to the full.

Jiří Chrobok - one of the teachers

1. England 2017

After a tiring journey by coach through Germany and Belgium we arrived in Calais so that we could

take a ferry to England. The sea was far from being calm and huge waves were really annoying. However, we were enthusiastic to land on English soil to commence our adventure.

We set off southwest to reach Hastings. Having arrived there we boarded a train going to Battle where we visited the place renowned for the battle of Hastings dating back to 1066. Subsequently, we went back to the town of Hastings to take a look at the Castle Hill and we also entered the Smuggler's caves which aroused our interest with its mysterious atmosphere. Afterwards, full of expectations and longing for the opportunity to speak English, we travelled to meet our host families. Some of us had the first experience with the English cuisine.

The next three days in the morning we attended English lessons and worked hard to improve our English. The teachers were inspiring and motivating and to be there was fun. After school we had a bite of various yummy things our host families had prepared for us. Needless to say, in the lunch boxes there were also vinegar chips which you either love or hate.

In the afternoon we made our way to Portsmouth where we could thoroughly explore HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's ship. We had a whale of time at the top of the Spinnaker Tower with its breath-taking view and popular glass floor where some of us did press ups. The next day our coach took us to spectacular cliffs Beachy Head where we could take amazing snapshots and then we had a stroll in the area of Pevensey Castle.

The following day after saying goodbye to our host families as well as to the teachers we headed to Brighton to experience another picturesque coast town spending a few hours in Sea Life Centre and afterwards as an icing on the cake we dashed into Primark to go on a spending spree for the last time. Covered with various new items of clothing and other souvenirs we boarded our coach to set out back home.

Jiří Chrobok

one of the teachers

Our trip to England 2

Children are from the 6th and 7th grades.

Day 1

„We went from Hastings to the town Battle  by train.There was a really big battle there.  We saw  the Battle Abbey. This Abbey was bulit by the Duke William of Normandy after he won the battle against the king Harold in 1066. We heard a story about the battle. We also saw a short movie.“

„We went back to Hastings and went up the Castle Hill by an old Victorian cableway. We took a look in the Smugglers´caves. We heard about people who smuggled things like tobacco, expensive jewellery etc. We also played a few games there like shooting  smugglers with guns.“

„Then we went to the meeting point in Shoreham. I must say I was pretty scared that we would have a bad family and would be hungry. But we had a very nice polite old woman and we got a delicious food for dinner.“

Day 2

„At school we had four lessons. The teacherś name is Angelique. She is very nice. We learned at school and then we went to streets and asked people questions. And the people helped us.

„After school we went to Portsmouth. We went to see a ship Victory. It was a ship of admiral Nelson. There were 850 beds there. It is really a big ship.“

„Then we visited the Spinnaker Tower. Itś 100 m high. There was a glass window in the floor so you could look down and be scared. There was also second and third floor where I took pretty good pictures.“

Day 3

„In the afternoon we went to Pevensey Castle. It´s a ruin. This castle was occupied by William in 1066. The castle has a prison and a big courtyard.“

„We went to Beachy Heads. These cliffs are very high. We had a beautiful view over the sea. The only problém was that it was raining and very windy.“

„ Back in Shoreham we went to the beach and listened to music and played in the playground.“

Day 4

„Today is our last day in England. At school we had a Halloween hour. We told scary stories and jokes and had a competiition: who has got the best scary story.“

In Brighton we went to the Sea Life aquarium. It was pretty interesting. We saw small fish, big ones, sharks and very very big turtles. Then we visited a big big palace (unfortunately we didn´t go in). Afterwards. The best part…SHOPPING!!!“

„We went to Primark and Poundland. I bought a lot of things.“

„The trip to England was SUPER!“