Lübeck, Germany
The First Day, Arrival
After arriving to Lübecks train staition we had to walk for about twenty minutes in rain to the school. When we got there we still had time left before meeting the Germans, so we went to eat to a hamburger resturant near the school. After meeting the Germans we had the rest of the day free and I went to "home" with my host, Lars.
We took a bus to get there. First we waited for it for 20 minutes and after that we sat in the bus for another 20 minutes. My home for the week was in a nice village. At home I got my own room. It was a nice change, concidering that I have to share my room at home.
Rest of the day I spend resting and eating. I also met my host's mother and brother. They both were nice and later in the evening I took a short walk around the village with the mother.
I also learned that in Germany you get Mineral water with gas, opposed to Finland where you usually get it gasless.
The second day, Hansa park
After spending five hours at the park we returned back to the city and had the rest of the day free. We went straight to home after that. I was a bit tired even though I didn't do much. I decided to stay at home for the evening rather than go to a park to meet other students with my host. I also met my host's father. He was also nice. I also watched the first Lord of the Rings movie with yhe parents. At first I was going to watch tv, but I learned that they apperantly dub everything in Germany, which suprised me, since I was used to everything having subtitles.
The Third Day, Free day
In the evening we went to a local Greek resturant. It was small and the whole menu was in German. I ended up getting a plate with different meat, rice, french fries and some garlic sauce. It was my first time eating Greek food and it was pretty good. The garlic sauce though reminded me of the thyme-onion-cream my mother makes with herring. The plate was too big and I couldn't eat everything. Later I went bowling with my host and few other students. it was really fun and I had a really good day.
The Fourth Day, Theory
The day began at nine, at the school. During the day we split into groups and made posters about emigration and immigration, it’s history in Germany ect. When we were done we were split into different groups and we had to present our posters to the new group. I was a bit nervous, but I believe it went well.
After that we made a video message to European politicians. in the video we offered our solutions to the migrant crisis. I don’t really like to talk in videos, but I hope it went well.
After school we went to the same burger restaurant, where we were on Thursday. The food was again good, but I think the dinner might have been a bit too long.
The Fifth Day, Monastery
In the morning we were supposed to meet early at Koberg, for the bus. But there was a rush in the morning. I was personally bit surprised, since I have never seen a real rush at home. Thankfully it didn’t matter because the bus was late as well.
At the monastery a monk talked about church refugees, how many there are, why they had to take them in and so on. We also got to meet a few refugees and hear their stories. After that the monk told us a bit about the monastery. Then some of us attended a serving. It was mostly sitting in silence.
We also had our lunch there. We got three courses, starter, main course and dessert. The food was good. We had a weird pasta soup, spaghetti and mushroom-meat stew, and ice cream. After that we went back home.